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Neck lump - Management
Basis for recommendation
Unexplained parotid or submandibular swellings, or suspected malignancy
- This recommendation is based on referral guidelines for suspected cancer from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [NICE, 2005a].
Salivary gland calculi
- CKS found no guidelines on when to refer people with a suspected salivary gland calculus, therefore has based this recommendation on what is considered to be good clinical practice and on clinical criteria suggested by CKS expert reviewers.
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