The use of the "puffed-cheek" computed tomography technique to confirm the diagnosis of pneumoparotitis.
Pneumoparotitis is a rare etiology of symptomatic parotid gland enlargement that is often misdiagnosed clinically. Pneumoparotitis results from air refluxing into the parotid ductal system via an incompetent Stensen duct orifice. We report a protracted case of pneumoparotitis evaluated with the "puffed-cheek" computed tomography technique to help confirm the diagnosis.
Aghaei Lasboo
Anahita
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Department of Radiology, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. a-lasboo@northwestern.edu
Nemeth
Alexander J
AJ
Russell
Eric J
EJ
Siegel
Gordon J
GJ
Karagianis
Achilles
A
D000328:Adult; D000388:Air; D000399:Air Pressure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018987:Salivary Ducts; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012796:Sialography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*