Pediatric Idiopathic Bilateral Pneumoparotid

A 10-year-old female presented with atraumatic bilateral mandibular swelling. Through imaging and exam she was found to have bilateral pneumoparotid. This is a rare cause of facial swelling that is primarily discussed in otolaryngology literature and relatively unknown in emergency medicine. The pre...

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Autores principales: Ramsey, Sean, Ely, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636517
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33621
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description A 10-year-old female presented with atraumatic bilateral mandibular swelling. Through imaging and exam she was found to have bilateral pneumoparotid. This is a rare cause of facial swelling that is primarily discussed in otolaryngology literature and relatively unknown in emergency medicine. The presentation can lead to infectious and allergic workups that are unnecessary for the patient. Benign in nature, pneumoparotid is easily diagnosed if an appropriate exam and imaging are completed. Ensuring adequate follow-up and prophylactic treatment with antibiotics are vital to preventing infection.
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spelling pubmed-98318652023-01-11 Pediatric Idiopathic Bilateral Pneumoparotid Ramsey, Sean Ely, Rachel Cureus Emergency Medicine A 10-year-old female presented with atraumatic bilateral mandibular swelling. Through imaging and exam she was found to have bilateral pneumoparotid. This is a rare cause of facial swelling that is primarily discussed in otolaryngology literature and relatively unknown in emergency medicine. The presentation can lead to infectious and allergic workups that are unnecessary for the patient. Benign in nature, pneumoparotid is easily diagnosed if an appropriate exam and imaging are completed. Ensuring adequate follow-up and prophylactic treatment with antibiotics are vital to preventing infection. Cureus 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9831865/ /pubmed/36636517 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33621 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ramsey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Pediatric Idiopathic Bilateral Pneumoparotid
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title_short Pediatric Idiopathic Bilateral Pneumoparotid
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831865/
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