Tuberculosis of parotid gland masquerading parotid neoplasm

Parotid gland involvement in tuberculosis is rare. We present a case of middle aged male presenting with parotid swelling for 1 year and diagnosed to have parotid tuberculosis on fine needle aspiration cytology. A brief review of radiological findings in tuberculous parotitis is discussed which can...

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Autores principales: Vyas, Sameer, Kaur, Neeraj, Yadav, Thakur D., Gupta, Nalini, Khandelwal, Niranjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833498
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111381
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Sumario:Parotid gland involvement in tuberculosis is rare. We present a case of middle aged male presenting with parotid swelling for 1 year and diagnosed to have parotid tuberculosis on fine needle aspiration cytology. A brief review of radiological findings in tuberculous parotitis is discussed which can help in correct interpretation and timely diagnosis, and thus avoiding unnecessary parotidectomies.

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