title: [Tuberculosis of the parotid gland].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study is to emphasize the difficulties of diagnosing parotid gland tuberculosis because of its non specific symptoms and to incite the physician to seek it more frequently.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six cases of parotid gland tuberculosis were diagnosed within a 4-year period and included in a retrospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were two men and four women, mean age 45 years. Four patients underwent superficial parotidectomy with frozen section analysis which enabled us to rectify the diagnosis. Medical treatment was based on a 6-month course of bactericidal chemotherapy. Outcome was favorable in all the cases with nine months average follow.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Symptoms of parotid gland are misleading, pathologic findings are of increasing importance for diagnosis, which with the new serology techniques may improve further.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc. abdellatif.oudidi@laposte.net
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oudidi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ridal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hachimi
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: El Alami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014393:Tuberculosis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents