CT of pneumoparotitis.
A case of clinically unsuspected pneumoparotitis diagnosed by CT is presented. The CT demonstration of air collections in the parotid gland and in the parotid ducts until their buccal orifices, as well as in the adjacent high-pressure buccal air pockets, determines the diagnosis.
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Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
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D000388:Air; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed