J Rheum Dis.  2021 Jul;28(3):171-172. 10.4078/jrd.2021.28.3.171.

Chronic Painless Parotid Swelling

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea


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  • Figure 1 (A) Bilateral parotid glands swelling (arrowheads). (B) Enlarged parotid glands with multiple cysts (arrows) and solid nodules on computed tomography. (C) Strong uptake in the bilateral parotid glands on positron emission tomography. (D) B-cell lymphoma with amorphous amyloid aggregates (asterisk) on parotid gland biopsy (H&E, ×150). (E) Infiltration of CD20 positive cells (×150). (F, G) Lambda chain restriction on immunohistochemical analysis for lambda (F) and kappa (G) light chains (×150).


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