Case Reports in Radiology (Jan 2012)

Tuberculosis of the Parotid Gland

  • Vivek Gupta,
  • Kiran Patankar,
  • Archana Shinde,
  • Charu Bhosale,
  • Ajitey Tamhane

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/278793
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Parotid gland involvement is extremely rare, even in countries in which tuberculosis is endemic. Clinically, it usually presents as a slow-growing mass indistinguishable from a malignancy. On imaging too, tuberculosis of the parotid may mimic neoplasm. The diagnosis of parotid tuberculosis needs a high degree of clinical suspicion. This paper highlights the clinical presentation, imaging findings, and importance of FNAC in diagnosis of this rare entity.