Parotid gland tuberculosis

Parotid gland tuberculosis

This report describes parotid gland tuberculosis in a 38-year-old female patient that presented with a firm, painless, progressively increasing swelling over the right preauricular region. Diagnostic workup including contrast enhanced computerized tomography neck and subsequent fine needle aspiratio...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of mycobacteriology 2017, Vol.6 (3), p.318-320
Hauptverfasser: Dixit, Ramakant, Gokhroo, Archana, Verma, Satyadeep, Panjabi, Mukesh
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This report describes parotid gland tuberculosis in a 38-year-old female patient that presented with a firm, painless, progressively increasing swelling over the right preauricular region. Diagnostic workup including contrast enhanced computerized tomography neck and subsequent fine needle aspiration cytology of the swelling made the final diagnosis. The patient responded favorably with anti-tubercular therapy.
ISSN:2212-554X
DOI:10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_86_17