Atypical mycobacterial infection of intraparotid lymph nodes. Clinical and sialographic observations.
Four children are reported with a chronic caseating granulomatous infection on the intraparotid lymph nodes most likely due to atypical mycobacteria. The sialogram showed one or more masses within the parotid gland.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012796:Sialography