Open AccessTuberculosis of parotid gland masquerading as Pleomorphic adenoma
Author(s) -
Vadisha Srinivas Bhat,
Biniyam Kolathingal,
Rajeshwary Aroor,
Madhukar Muniswamy Gowda
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/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) - tuberculosis , medicine , parotid gland , presentation (obstetrics) , parotidectomy , pleomorphic adenoma , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , salivary gland , surgery , pathology , radiology , 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