Do cancerous parotid tumors have any symptoms? #parotid #cancer

[0:00]Do cancerous parotid tumors have any symptoms? I'm Dr. Babak Larian from Center for Advanced Parotid and Facial Nerve Surgery. It depends when the tumors are small. They can feel on the softer side, these cancers. And on imaging studies, they may look like a benign nodule, but as they grow, they can invade the surrounding tissue. Feel firmer like a knuckle, and stick to the surrounding tissue. And then more importantly, benign tumors generally don't have any pain, but cancerous tumors can become painful. So if you're having a lump in your parotid and it's painful, that's a bad sign. If you have any weakness, which may mean that your facial nerve branches are being invaded by this tumor. The tumor is eating into it. That could also indicate that the tumor is cancerous. If you're interested in clear parotid information, visit us at www.ParotidMD.com.