Obstructive parotitis from extraorally introduced foreign body in the Stensen duct.
A rare phenomenon, the extraoral traumatic penetration of a foreign body into the lumen of the parotid duct, is described. The ensuing obstructive symptomatology and its diagnostic approach and therapy are reviewed.
Research Assistant, Salivary Gland Center; Third-Year Student, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY.
George
G
Levine
Matthew
M
Clark
Louis
L
Mandel
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery