An uncommon case of primary parotid tuberculosis in a paediatric patient.

Autor: Rezende‐Silva, E., Santana, L.A.M., Costa, Y.M.F., Ayres, L.C.G., Takeshita, W.M., Trento, C.L.
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Zdroj: Oral Surgery (1752-2471); Feb2022, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p118-120, 3p
Abstrakt: 4 Vyas S, Kaur N, Yadav TD, Gupta N, Khandelwal N. Tuberculosis of parotid gland masquerading parotid neoplasm. However, if the diagnosis is obtained by non-invasive methods, such as fine-needle aspiration cytology, surgery may become unnecessary and anti-tuberculous therapy is sufficient to achieve resolution.5 The literature shows two main types of parotid TB: intraglandular/periglandular lymph nodes and a diffuse form involving parenchyma. Keywords: anatomy; parotid; pediatric; salivary gland; tuberculosis EN anatomy parotid pediatric salivary gland tuberculosis 118 120 3 01/11/22 20220201 NES 220201 Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ancient chronic diseases of humanity. [Extracted from the article]
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