Non-occupational recurrent bilateral pneumoparotitis in an adolescent.
This is a case report of recurrent bilateral parotid swelling with intraglandular gaseous bubbles in a 14-year-old boy, together with a review of the literature on this condition, which is usually called pneumoparotitis. The disorder has been reported as an occupational hazard in wind instrument players and glass-blowers and also as a rare non-occupational disease, mainly in adolescents and often associated with psychological problems.
Ferlito
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ENT Department, University of Padua, Italy.
Andretta
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M
Baldan
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M
Candiani
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F
D000293:Adolescent; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence