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- Title
Recurrent Parotitis in Childhood.
- Authors
Park, Jay W.
- Abstract
This article discusses a case study related to recurrent parotitis. The author recently experienced a familial occurrence of recurrent parotitis involving two female siblings and their maternal grandmother. Recurrent parotitis is a disorder affecting all age groups, but the highest frequency is found in children under 10 years of age. Swelling, gradual or sudden, usually is the first noticeable physical finding. The swelling is usually not so extreme as in mumps, and on palpation the gland is firm and somewhat nodular. Swelling may be bilateral or unilateral, and recurrences may involve either side. The interval between attacks typically increases as the child reaches adolescence, and the vast majority of patients show spontaneous remission by 20 years of age. The pathologic change in children with recurrent parotitis mostly involves terminal ducts or acini. However, normal sialograms have also been found in some children with symptoms of recurrent parotitis. The sialectatic changes often are found bilaterally even in the face of unilateral symptoms.
- Subjects
PAROTITIS; EDEMA; DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMS; PAROTID gland diseases; ADOLESCENCE; PATIENTS
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 1992, Vol 31, Issue 4, p254
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/000992289203100415