title: Pneumoparotid: a case report and review of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management.
abstract: Pneumoparotid is considered to be a rare entity, but the diagnosis might not be as uncommon as reported. We report a case in which computed tomography incidentally revealed air in the parotid ducts bilaterally. Treatment is aimed at the elimination of predisposing and causative factors, but because our patient denied any symptoms or precipitating factors and had a benign presentation, no immediate intervention was initiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA. huang003@yahoo.com
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Misko
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010309:Parotitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed