scholarly journals A rare case of primary tuberculosis infection with concurrent pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Mohamed Al Bisher
2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Hassan Mohamed Al Bisher

Coexistence of parotid tuberculosis along with a benign parotid tumor is a rare entity with only nine cases reported in the literature. We report here a case of primary parotid tuberculosis with concurrent pleomorphic adenoma in a 51-year-old female.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
R. Jaya Durgadevi ◽  
Deeganta Mohanty

Tuberculosis is chronic granulomatous inammation of lung (primary tuberculosis mainly concerned with lung). Though Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection can occur in all tissues of the body, pulmonary tuberculosis infection is overwhelmingly the most common type of infection representing approximately 80% of all cases of tuberculosis 1 (TB) . Among the extrapulmonary tuberculoses, the most common 2 manifestation is lymphadenitis .


2014 ◽  
Vol 03 (07) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricciardiello Filippo ◽  
Papa Angelo ◽  
Oliva Flavia ◽  
Pianese Annalisa ◽  
Abate Teresa ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Bikash Lal Shrestha ◽  
Pradeep Rajbhandari

<p class="abstract">Oncocytoma of parotid gland is a rare tumor that mainly affects the age groups of sixth to eight decades. The treatment of this tumor is mainly surgical with either radical or superficial parotidectomy and<em> </em>the prognosis is excellent. In our case report, 72 years old female came with complain of slowly growing, painless swelling on right infra auricular area which was diagnosed as oncocytoma of parotid gland. She was successfully treated with superficial parotidectomy. Since the oncocytoma of parotid gland is very rare tumor and may confuse with other parotid diseases like pleomorphic adenoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma. As the cure rate of the disease is excellent, so it is advised to make the appropriate diagnosis whenever the case is encountered.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 1258-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hourya Alnofaie ◽  
Talal Alshammeri ◽  
Yasir Alturkistany ◽  
Abdulsalam Aljabab ◽  
Abdulaziz Alweteid

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