Sialadenitis as chickenpox complication in a 6-year-old girl
A. Betkiewicz,
M. Fornalczyk,
K. Urban,
B. Jarecka,
A. Obuchowicz
Affiliations
A. Betkiewicz
Department of Paediatrics, Specialist Hospital No 2 in Bytom, Poland
M. Fornalczyk
Department of Paediatrics, Specialist Hospital No 2 in Bytom, Poland
K. Urban
Department of Paediatrics, Specialist Hospital No 2 in Bytom, Poland
B. Jarecka
Department of Paediatrics in Bytom, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
A. Obuchowicz
Department of Paediatrics in Bytom, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland; Corresponding author at: Department of Paediatrics, Specialist Hospital No 2, Batorego 15 Str., 41-902, Bytom, Poland.
Chickenpox is considered as a mild disease, but sometimes it is associated with complications. Among them sialadenitis is mentioned sporadically. We describe a case of the 6-year-old girl suffering from complicated chickenpox. On the basis of clinical data and ultrasound image we diagnosed in her inflammation of both submandibular glands. Moreover, the ultrasound image suggested possibility of an inflammation developing in the left parotid gland.
