Abstract
Patients with persistent unexplained swelling of a parotid, sublingual or submandibular gland should be referred urgently to ENT. Facial palsy can be classified into central or peripheral. Peripheral facial paralysis is complete and ipsilateral.
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Cervoni, E., Leech, K. (2017). Head and Neck. In: ENT in Primary Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51987-6_5
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