Infectious Disease Reports (Mar 2010)

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

  • Hassan Mohamed Al Bisher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.1723
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. e6 – e6

Abstract

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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.

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