title: The use of the "puffed-cheek" computed tomography technique to confirm the diagnosis of pneumoparotitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. a-lasboo@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Anahita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aghaei Lasboo
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nemeth
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Gordon J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Achilles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karagianis
mesh_terms: 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*