 Fauquier ENT News
Just when we thought we knew every nook and cranny of the human body, scientists may have found something new hiding in plain sight—right inside our heads. These mysterious structures are called the tubarial glands, and if confirmed, they could represent a previously unrecognized set of major salivary glands.
The Discovery Nobody Saw ComingIn 2020, researchers in the Netherlands made a surprising observation while scanning cancer patients using a special type of imaging called a PSMA PET/CT scan. This scan highlights salivary tissue, and unexpectedly, it revealed two bright, symmetrical spots in an area that had never been labeled as a salivary gland before. These spots were located in the nasopharynx—the upper part of the throat that... Read the whole entry... » 
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