title: Mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland: an unusual cause of parotid swelling.
abstract: Six cases of mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland are reviewed. All six cases presented solely with a slowly enlarging parotid swelling clinically indistinguishable from a parotid tumour. All of the swellings required surgical removal, superficial parotidectomy in four cases, and enucleation in two cases to obtain a definitive diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Speculand
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pahor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D010309:Parotitis / Q000473:pathology*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000473:pathology*