title: A rare cause of unilateral parotid gland swelling: compensatory hypertrophy due to the aplasia of the contralateral parotid gland.
abstract: In this clinical report, 3 cases, admitted to the ears, nose, throat outpatient clinic with the complaints of unilateral swelling in the parotid region and facial asymmetry, are presented. In the etiology, contralateral parotid gland aplasia with compensatory hypertrophy and sialosis was detected. With this rare condition, clinical and radiological features of this anomaly are discussed.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Radiology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital; and †Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun; and Departments of ‡Radiology and §Otolaryngology, Çankiri State Hospital, Çankiri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hediye Pinar
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Günbey
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Günbey
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tayfun
authors.forename: Selda Kargin
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kaytez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000209:etiology