title: Infantile recurrent parotitis: follow up study of five cases and literature review.
abstract: Recurrent parotitis (RP) is defined as recurrent parotid inflammation, generally associated with non-obstructive sialectasis of the parotid gland. It is a rare condition, and its etiology remains an enigma.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of the present study were (1) to relate the follow up of five RP cases; (2) to examine the role of sialography and ultrasound in diagnosis and follow up; and (3) to make a literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Series review.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed all recurrent parotitis cases from the files of the Otolaryngology Division at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The criteria for inclusion were at least two years of evolution and more than one year and a half follow-up in our service. We included five children in the study. Sialography was performed in the first evaluation and sonography was executed annually. Recurrent parotitis showed male predominance, and affected mainly children between the ages of 3 and 6. Frequency of crisis improved with time in all cases. Sialography showed sialectasis aspect in the affected glands and sonographic exams demonstrated hypoechoic and heterogeneous internal echoes. One case showed regression of ultrasound changes after clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Medical School, USP. miz@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Ivan Dieb
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Miziara
authors.forename: Victor Eulalio Sousa
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Campelo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012796:Sialography; D014463:Ultrasonography