1. Pneumoparotid: a case report and review of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
- Author
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Patti C. Huang, David Schuster, and Glen Misko
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Air ,Rare entity ,Computed tomography ,Middle Aged ,Dermatology ,Sialadenitis ,Parotid gland ,Surgery ,Pathogenesis ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Pneumoparotid ,medicine ,Humans ,Parotid Gland ,Salivary Ducts ,Sialography ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Parotitis - Abstract
Pneumoparotid is considered to be a rare entity, but the diagnosis might not be as uncommon as reported. We report a case in which computed tomography incidentally revealed air in the parotid ducts bilaterally. Treatment is aimed at the elimination of predisposing and causative factors, but because our patient denied any symptoms or precipitating factors and had a benign presentation, no immediate intervention was initiated.
- Published
- 2000