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Tuberculosis of the parotid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Mete Iserì
Affiliation:
Maltepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ömer Aydìner
Affiliation:
Maltepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Levent Çelìk
Affiliation:
Maltepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Önder Peker
Affiliation:
Maltepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is very rare and clinically indistinguishable from a neoplasm. Thus the diagnosis of parotid gland involvement with tuberculosis has traditionally been made after surgical resection. We present a case which was diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and managed medically.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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