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New pair of salivary glands in humans discovered
Aswathi Pacha OCTOBER 22, 2020 11:24 IST
UPDATED: OCTOBER 22, 2020 13:00 IST
Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have discovered a new pair of salivary glands hidden between the nasal cavity and throat. They noticed the new gland while studying patients with prostate cancer using a new type of scan — a PSMA PET/CT scan
The scans of 100 patients and dissection studies on two cadavers were able to confirm the presence of this new gland.
The team proposed the name “tubarial glands” as it was found draped over the torus tubarius, the structure that supports the entrance of the auditory tube. The glands were about 3.9 centimeters in length on average.
“As far as we knew, the only salivary or mucous glands in the nasopharynx are microscopically small, and up to 1000 are evenly spread out throughout the mucosa. So, imagine our surprise when we found these,” Dr. Wouter V. Vogel from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Netherlands Cancer Institute said in a release.
More:
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/new-pair-of-salivary-glands-in-humans-discovered/article32915485.ece