A 45-year-old man complains of swelling in his left cheek for the past month. No pain, fever, cough, sore throat, or other symptoms are reported by the patient. He has been smoking two packs of cigarettes every day for the past 20 years. On examination, the patient has a mass in the periauricular space of the left side. Radiological imagines show a mass in the left parotid gland sized 3-cm. If this patient is left without treatment, which of the following he would like to develop?

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Eductional Objective: The facial nerve passes from the skull through the stylomastoid foramen. It travels in the parotid gland, later it branches into 5 branches that provide motor supply for the facial expression. Neoplasms in the parotid gland would damage the nerve leading to facial droop.

A 45-Year-Old Man Complains of Swelling in His Left Cheek