title: Fat deposition of parotid glands.
abstract: Parotid gland parenchyma histology may be altered by local or systemic, pathological or nonpathological conditions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper aims to highlight the fatty degeneration of the parotid gland, a not well-known non-pathological condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a retrospective study, we collected a series of 6 patients which presented a swelling of the parotid, but even after extensive research, a diagnosis was not reached.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Through the retrospective analysis of records we found fatty degeneration of the parotid in an MRI scan of all patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This condition, despite being physiological and expected with aging, may be related to clinical and radiological swelling of these glands.
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department, Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Davi Sousa
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bussoloti Filho
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D050154:Adiposity; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies