Palatal trauma: an unusual cause of a parotid sinus.
A case is described of a 3-year-old boy who presented with a seemingly trivial injury to his soft palate, who went on to develop a parotid sinus as a result of a retained foreign body. This is a rare clinical problem and it highlights the difficulty in the clinical assessment of a palatal injury--especially in children. The child had the foreign body removed successfully 5 months after the initial injury and made an uneventful recovery.
Grieve
J P
JP
Department of ENT, Lewisham Hospital, London, UK.
Pracy
P
P
Walsh
R
R
Bowdler
D A
DA
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D004431:Ear, External; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000293:injuries*; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012467:Salivary Gland Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D014934:Wood