Tuberculosis of the parotid gland.
Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is very rare and clinically indistinguishable from a neoplasm. Thus the diagnosis of parotid gland involvement with tuberculosis has traditionally been made after surgical resection. We present a case which was diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and managed medically.
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Mete
M
Maltepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey. metei@superonline.com
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Omer
O
Celìk
Levent
L
Peker
Onder
O
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology