title: Non-occupational recurrent bilateral pneumoparotitis in an adolescent.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferlito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andretta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Candiani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence