Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise

The Parotid gland is rarely involved in tuberculosis, even in endemic countries. We report a case of a 26 year-old woman with no medical history, who presented with a swelling of the parotid lodge. Pathology performed after surgery found a tuberculous parotitis, and the patient received anti-tubercu...

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Autores principales: Errami, Noureddine, Benjelloun, Amine, Tahtah, Nessrine, Hemmaoui, Bouchaib, Jahidi, Ali, Nakkabi, Ismail, Zalagh, Mohamed, Benariba, Fouad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175833
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.343.5673
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Sumario:The Parotid gland is rarely involved in tuberculosis, even in endemic countries. We report a case of a 26 year-old woman with no medical history, who presented with a swelling of the parotid lodge. Pathology performed after surgery found a tuberculous parotitis, and the patient received anti-tuberculous regimen with a satisfactory evolution. We discuss both diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for this infection.

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