Open AccessTuberculosis of parotid gland - a rare clinical entity
Author(s) -
Susmita Kundu,
Suman Das,
Atin Dey,
Amitabha Sengupta
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02968778
Subject(s) - medicine , parotid gland , otorhinolaryngology , tuberculosis , head and neck surgery , differential diagnosis , parotidectomy , incidence (geometry) , neurosurgery , surgery , radiology , pathology , physics , optics
Tuberculosis of parotid gland is rare. In our country with high incidence of tuberculosis we should think about it in differential diagnosis of any parotid swelling with multiple fistulae because pre-operative diagnosis can help to avoid unnecessary parotidectomy.