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Mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland: an unusual cause of parotid swelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Janet E. O'Connell ,
M. K. George ,
B. Speculand  and
A. L. Pahor
Janet E. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
M. K. George
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
B. Speculand
Affiliation:
Department of Oral'Maxillofacial Surgery, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
A. L. Pahor*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
*
Mr A. L. Pahor, M.A., D.M.Sc, (Path), F.R.C.S., D.L.O., Consultant Otolaryngologist, Dudley Road Hospital, P.O.Box 293, Birmingham B18 7QH
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Abstract

Six cases of mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland are reviewed. All six cases presented solely with a slowly enlarging parotid swelling clinically indistinguishable from a parotid tumour. All of the swellings required surgical removal, superficial parotidectomy in four cases, and enucleation in two cases to obtain a definitive diagnosis.

Keywords

Parotid glandMycobacterium tuberculosis
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 561 - 564
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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