title: Lesions of the accessory parotid gland in children.
abstract: The accessory parotid gland, a little-known and seldom-mentioned anatomical variant, is a nodule of normal salivary tissue separate from the main parotid gland, located on the masseter muscle and connected to the Stensen duct at that level. It can be the site of both congenital and acquired lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. guidonellie@mac.com
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Currarino
authors.forename: Theodore P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Votteler
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012796:Sialography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler