TUBERCULOUS PAROTITIS - 2 CASES IN LIBYAN PATIENTS

Authors
ADALLA SA GARMOLE B ATKINS P
Citation
Sa. Adalla et al., TUBERCULOUS PAROTITIS - 2 CASES IN LIBYAN PATIENTS, British journal of clinical practice, 50(1), 1996, pp. 62-63
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
62 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1996)50:1<62:TP-2CI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Two patients with tuberculous parotitis are described. This condition is rare, and has not previously been recorded in Libya. Unilateral tub erculous parotitis is clinically indistinguishable from a parotid tumo ur, and imaging techniques may also fail to reveal the true diagnosis. If other features point to tuberculous parotitis, fine needle aspirat ion allowing bacteriological confirmaton is the most useful investigat ion.