title: Function of the parotid gland in juvenile recurrent parotitis: a case series.
abstract: Our aim was to find out how the parotid gland functions in 44 patients with juvenile recurrent parotitis, and to assess the value of measuring the serum amylase activity. Clinical and personal details were recorded, and all patients had their serum amylase activity measured together with sialography during the chronic phase. The function of the gland was classified by sialographic images. The chi square test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used in the statistical analyses. There was a significant association between the degree of glandular function and serum amylase activity (p=0.014). The patients with unilateral and bilateral disease differed significantly in their degree of glandular function (p=0.020), those with bilateral disease having poorer function. There were no significant correlations between other clinical variables and glandular function. Serum amylase activity is an important diagnostic variable in juvenile recurrent parotitis, and poor parotid function reflects the severity of the disease.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Li-song
authors: LS
authors: Xie
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Yi-ping
authors: YP
authors: Pu
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Ling-yan
authors: LY
authors: Zheng
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: ycq616@hotmail.com.
authors: Chuang-qi
authors: CQ
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Zhi-jun
authors: ZJ
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai key laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Huan
authors: H
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010306:Parotid Gland; D010309:Parotitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012796:Sialography; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
keywords: Function; Juvenile recurrent parotitis; Serum amylase