J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg.  2002 Nov;29(6):575-578.

Case Report: Tuberculous Parotitis

• Lee SY
• Lee WJ
• Park BY

Abstract

Tuberculous parotitis is a rare disease even in the endemic areas. Clinically it is usually presented as a slowly growing local mass over the parotid area, mimicking a benign neoplasm of parotid gland. Also it rarely accompanies respiratory or systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweat, or weight loss, which make the preoperative diagnosis of tuberculous parotitis even more difficult. Preoperative diagnostic studies such as sialography, ultrasonography or CT scan also provides nonspecific findings that have little contribution to the diagnosis. Less than 100 cases of tuberculous parotitis has been reported in the worldwide literatures and moreover, cases that were diagnosed tuberculous parotitis before pathologic confirmation are hard to find. In our department, superficial parotidectomy was performed on a patient with a mass over her right parotid area, and the mass was pathologically diagnosed tuberculous parotitis.

Keyword

Tuberculosis; Parotitis

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Fever
Humans
Parotid Gland
Parotitis*
Rare Diseases
Sialography
Sweat
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis
Ultrasonography
Weight Loss