Chronic Painless Parotid Swelling

Objective: To describe the clinical and pathological presentation as well as treatment options of parotid swelling inchildren. D e s i g n : Descriptive case series study. S e t t i n g : Department of Paediatric Surgery Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur. Period:From Nov2005 to Jul2007. Material a n d m e t h o d : All patients of either sex below the age of 13 years presenting with parotid swelling wereincluded in the study. Clinical presentations, preoperative investigations, operative procedures, histopathology reports, postoperativecomplications and further management (radiotherapy &chemotherapy) were recorded. Results: Twelve patients presented with parotidswelling. Commonest presentation was a lump over the parotid region (100%) & pain (25%). Majority of tumours were benign (50%).Vascular lesions outnumbered solid tumours. 4 patients (33.33%) had haemangioma 1 patient (8.33%) had cystic hygroma, one patienteach of pleomorphic adenoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma. C o n c l u s i o n : Salivary gland lesions are most likelyinflammatory in origin. Vascular tumours are common benign tumours than epithelial tumours in children. Superficial parotidectomy is theoperation for benign tumours and total conservative parotidectomy for malignant tumours.

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Parotid swelling associated with lactation, with the report of a case

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.1016/s0002-9378(31)90692-3 ◽

1931 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 434-435 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lyle G. Phillips

Keyword(s):

Parotid Swelling

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MMR Vaccine Susceptibility of Viral Agents Causing Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis in Children

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets ◽

10.2174/1871526521666210118142601 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

Author(s):

Parisa Rahmani ◽

Hosein Alimadadi ◽

Reihaneh Mohsenipour ◽

Mohammad Roshanghalb

Keyword(s):

Aseptic Meningitis ◽

Medical Center ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Nausea And Vomiting ◽

Demographic Information ◽

Mmr Vaccine ◽

Rubella Vaccine ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Parotid Swelling ◽

Post Marketing

Background: Meningitis and meningoencephalitis are very adverse drug reactions that had not been documented in clinical studies. Nevertheless, cases were reported within the post marketing period. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence, clinical and laboratory characteristics of aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis following Hoshino MMR (Mumps-Measles-Rubella) vaccine in children. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, children who were diagnosed with meningitis following MMR vaccine in an infectious or emergency department of the Tehran Medical Center were enrolled, and their demographic information was recorded from the file. A questionnaire concerning diagnostic criteria in favor of aseptic meningitis was provided for each child and the results of clinical examinations were recorded. Results : This study was performed on 73 children with meningitis symptoms of aspiration, where, 46 of the children were males and 27 were females. Prevalence of meningitis-related symptoms were: fever 66%, headache 49.3%, nausea and vomiting 74%, parotid swelling 0%, and meningeal symptoms 37%. Lab tests showed that 8.2% of patients had normal WBC whereas, 76.7% had abnormal levels. Conclusion: Our study showed that following MMR vaccine, in children with meningitis symptoms, nausea and vomiting followed by fever were most commonly seen symptoms.

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