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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
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
_version_ 1782379651121807360
author Errami, Noureddine
Benjelloun, Amine
Tahtah, Nessrine
Hemmaoui, Bouchaib
Jahidi, Ali
Nakkabi, Ismail
Zalagh, Mohamed
Benariba, Fouad
author_facet Errami, Noureddine
Benjelloun, Amine
Tahtah, Nessrine
Hemmaoui, Bouchaib
Jahidi, Ali
Nakkabi, Ismail
Zalagh, Mohamed
Benariba, Fouad
author_sort Errami, Noureddine
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4491481
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher The African Field Epidemiology Network
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44914812015-07-14 Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise Errami, Noureddine Benjelloun, Amine Tahtah, Nessrine Hemmaoui, Bouchaib Jahidi, Ali Nakkabi, Ismail Zalagh, Mohamed Benariba, Fouad Pan Afr Med J Case Report 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. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4491481/ /pubmed/26175833 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.343.5673 Text en © Noureddine Errami et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Errami, Noureddine
Benjelloun, Amine
Tahtah, Nessrine
Hemmaoui, Bouchaib
Jahidi, Ali
Nakkabi, Ismail
Zalagh, Mohamed
Benariba, Fouad
Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title_full Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title_fullStr Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title_short Tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
title_sort tuberculosis of the parotid gland: histology surprise
topic Case Report
url 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
work_keys_str_mv AT erraminoureddine tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT benjellounamine tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT tahtahnessrine tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT hemmaouibouchaib tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT jahidiali tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT nakkabiismail tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT zalaghmohamed tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise
AT benaribafouad tuberculosisoftheparotidglandhistologysurprise

Ejemplares similares