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Tuberculosis of parotid gland masquerading as Pleomorphic adenoma

Author(s) -

Vadisha Bhat,

Rajeshwary Aroor,

Biniyam Kolathingal,

Madhukar Muniswamy Gowda

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

medical journal of dr d y patil university

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-7119

pISSN - 0975-2870

DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.122778

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , parotid gland , presentation (obstetrics) , parotidectomy , pleomorphic adenoma , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , salivary gland , surgery , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis

Salivary gland is one of the rare sites of tuberculosis, even though extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 15-20% of all cases of tuberculosis. When it involves parotid gland, the presentation is usually with a slow growing swelling, which makes one to think of a neoplasm. The treatment of tuberculosis is medical, with antituberculosis treatment. However occasionally, the diagnosis of tuberculosis is done following a surgery performed for a suspected parotid tumor. Here we report a case of tuberculosis of parotid gland in a lady who underwent superficial parotidectomy for a parotid mass

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