title: Brucella melitensis infection within warthin tumor of the parotid gland.
abstract: Brucellosis is a zoonotic systemic infectious disease, and multiorgan involvement is commonly seen, but involvement of the neck is a rare presentation of brucellosis. Granulomatous infections of the parotid gland are extremely rare. Warthin tumor is a well-known benign neoplasm of the salivary glands. In this report, we describe a Warthin tumor associated with Brucella melitensis in the same parotid gland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elif Sahin
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Horasan
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vaysoğlu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uğuz
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed