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Tuberculosis of the parotid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Yusufhan Süoǧlu ,
Burak Erdamar ,
İsmail Çölhan ,
O. Sami Katircioǧlu  and
Uǧur Çevikbas
Yusufhan Süoǧlu*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Burak Erdamar
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
İsmail Çölhan
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
O. Sami Katircioǧlu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Uǧur Çevikbas
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, İstanbul University, İstanbul School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Yusufhan S¨oǧlu, Tepegöz sok. Tamiş çik., 49/12 Göztepe-81060, İstanbul, Turkey. Fax: (90) 212 5335764
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Abstract

The presentation of tuberculosis as an isolated parotid lump is rare. In this paper, six cases with tuberculous parotitis are reported which were evaluated as a benign parotid neoplasm in 216 specimens pre-operatively. All but one of them had no previous history of tuberculosis and all had a parotid lump as a sole symptom for at least one year. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made, after superficial parotidectomy, by histopathology. Parenchymal involvement and intraparotid lymph node involvement with tuberculosis were seen in five and three patients, respectively. Two of the patients had lymph node involvement outside the parotid area. One of six patients had a coincidental Warthin tumour. A surgical approach is not only therapeutic but also diagnostic when other diagnostic tools fail.

Keywords

Parotid glandTuberculosis

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Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 6 , June 1998 , pp. 588 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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