Case report: tuberculosis of the parotid gland--diagnosis by CT.
A case of parenchymal and intraparotid lymph node tuberculosis is reported in a young Asian male. The diagnosis was suggested pre-operatively by the contrast enhanced CT (CECT) appearance. There were no systemic symptoms of tuberculosis and this is a characteristic feature of the 100 cases reported in the literature. The presence of thick walled rim enhancing lesions with a central lucency on CECT should suggest the diagnosis. Filling defects with or without thin walls are non-specific findings and are seen in tumours and other inflammatory processes. In an appropriate clinical setting, thick walled round rim enhancing lesions with a central lucency are characteristic of tuberculosis.
Bhargava
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Watmough
D J
DJ
Chisti
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Sathar
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SA
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology