Chronic Enlargement of Parotid Glands, with Intermittent Exacerbations

Intermittent Swelling of the Parotid Glands

In the British Medical Journal of August ioth, 1912 (p. 328), there is an interesting article on this subject. Seven cases have been recorded by Goebel, Remouchamp, Kussmaul, Lange and Liiders. Only one patient was a woman ; of the six men two had had syphilis, but although both received energetic anti-syphilitic treatment, the recurrent inflammation of the parotid glands continued. In Kussmaul...

Acute unilateral parotid glands enlargement following endotracheal general anesthesia: report of two cases.

Acute parotid gland enlargement in association with general anesthesia is rare and has also been called anesthesia mumps. We present two patients who were scheduled for lumbar spine surgery under general anesthesia. Each developed acute unilateral parotid gland enlargement over one side of the face proven by sonography. Case 1: A 52-year-old man was scheduled for his third lumbar spine to first...

Fat deposition of parotid glands.

UNLABELLED Parotid gland parenchyma histology may be altered by local or systemic, pathological or nonpathological conditions. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to highlight the fatty degeneration of the parotid gland, a not well-known non-pathological condition. METHOD In a retrospective study, we collected a series of 6 patients which presented a swelling of the parotid, but even after extensive ...

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Enlargement of Parotid Gland Due to Sarcoidosis.

Case 1 was kindly referred by Mr. C. R. Berkin of the Westwood Hospital, Beverley; Case 2 by Professor S. J. Hartfall; and Case 3 by Dr. E. C. Allibone of the Leeds General Infirmary. I am grateful to Sister Thwaite, S/N Whan, and the dietetic, nursing, and technical staff of the metabolic unit for continual co-operation, without which studies such as these would be impossible. Miss V. Grayson ...