Bilateral Parotid Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis of parotid is a rare clinical entity, and cases of bilateral tubercular parotitis are even rarer. We present a case of bilateral primary parotid tuberculosis in a 49-year-old female. The patient received anti-tuberculosis treatment for six months, resulting in complete resolution of the...

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Autores principales: Thakur, JS, Thakur, A, Mohindroo, NK, Mohindroo, S, Sharma, DR
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887065
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.83543
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description Tuberculosis of parotid is a rare clinical entity, and cases of bilateral tubercular parotitis are even rarer. We present a case of bilateral primary parotid tuberculosis in a 49-year-old female. The patient received anti-tuberculosis treatment for six months, resulting in complete resolution of the disease. We also review the theories related to the pathogenesis of tubercular parotitis, and propose a novel hypothesis about greater involvement of parotid gland as compared to other salivary glands in primary tuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-31628202011-09-01 Bilateral Parotid Tuberculosis Thakur, JS Thakur, A Mohindroo, NK Mohindroo, S Sharma, DR J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Tuberculosis of parotid is a rare clinical entity, and cases of bilateral tubercular parotitis are even rarer. We present a case of bilateral primary parotid tuberculosis in a 49-year-old female. The patient received anti-tuberculosis treatment for six months, resulting in complete resolution of the disease. We also review the theories related to the pathogenesis of tubercular parotitis, and propose a novel hypothesis about greater involvement of parotid gland as compared to other salivary glands in primary tuberculosis. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3162820/ /pubmed/21887065 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.83543 Text en © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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