Bilateral tuberculous parotitis with facial nerve palsy: The first case report
Tuberculosis of salivary glands is a rare condition, even in endemic countries like Pakistan. Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is even rarer and with cases of bilateral tuberculous parotitis being even more unique.
Zaigham Jameel +2 more
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EPI Update, January 23, 2015 [PDF]
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...
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The Long Wait for Diagnosis A Rare Cause of Parotid Abscess
Bacterial parotitis is most commonly due to oral or dental focus in non-immunocompromised patients. Ultrasonography and guided aspiration are the diagnostic tools, and appropriate antibiotics and supportive medications are the treatment modality.
S. Lakshmi Nair +4 more
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No association between islet cell antibodies and coxsackie B, mumps, rubella and cytomegalovirus antibodies in non-diabetic individuals aged 7–19 years [PDF]
Viral antibodies were tested in a cohort of 44 isletcell antibody-positive individuals age 7–19 years, and 44 of their islet cell antibody-negative age and sex-matched classmates selected from a population study of 4208 pupils who had been screened for ...
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Idiopathic eosinophilic parotitis in an eight-year-old boy: a case report
Introduction A number of medical conditions, some of them recently reported, are associated with an increased production of eosinophils. We report the first case of eosinophilic parotitis in the literature. Case presentation The patient was an eight-year-
Gelardi Matteo +4 more
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IgG4-related chronic sclerosing sialadenitis in a child with recurrent parotitis: a case report
Background IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) includes a group of immune-mediated diseases histologically characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with a prevalence of IgG4-positive plasma cells, storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. Autoimmune
Fabio Timeus +4 more
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Clinical and laboratorial profile and histological features on minor salivary glands from patients under investigation for Sjögren's syndrome [PDF]
Diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is complex and the usefulness of labial minor salivary glands biopsy in this process remains controversial. Objectives: to evaluate the clinical and laboratorial profile and histological features on labial minor ...
dos-Santos, Teresa-Cristina-Ribeiro-Bartholomeu +3 more
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Melioidosis parotitis in children
A recent paper published in JVATiTD reporting a child in Hainan with parotitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei misleadingly described parotitis as a rare manifestation of melioidosis.
David Dance
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Background Pseudotumor inflammatory sialadenitis (PIS) is a rare disease. The differential diagnosis relays mainly on histopathology. We believe this is the first case of spontaneous regression of pseudotumor parotitis.
Naouar Ouattassi +3 more
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No vaccine-no protection: mumps meningoencephalitis and hydrocephalus in an unvaccinated adult. [PDF]
Mumps virus is a rare cause of hydrocephalus. A non-immunised, healthy 23 year-old male presented to the Emergency Department, 12 days after diagnosis of mumps parotitis. He reported a gradual improvement until the onset of headache and vomiting 48 hours
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