Parotid gland tumour presenting in primary care: the importance of histological confirmation / Aiza Nur Izdihar Zainal-Abidin ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Zainal-Abidin, Aiza Nur Izdihar, Ariffin, Farnaza, Badlishah-Sham, Siti Fatimah, Mat Nor, Khariah, Geok, Chin Ta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine 2022
• Subjects: Primary Health Care; Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70483/1/70483.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70483/; http://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/

This is a report of a patient presenting to a primary care clinic with slow growing parotid gland swelling which was initially suspected as benign from ultrasound findings. A referral to the ORL (otorhinolaryngology) team was made and FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) results confirmed the swel...