Atypical mycobacteriosis involving parotid and para-retropharyngeal spaces.
The incidence of retro-parapharyngeal localization of cervical adenitis due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria is very rare. We present a case of an 18-months-old child with an involvement of parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal areas, right parotid and submandibular regions by atypical mycobacteriosis in the CT and MRI scan. The masses were surgically removed and the frozen-section histological exam upheld their atypical mycobacterial origin.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100, Modena, Italy. bonamed1984@hotmail.it.
Marco
M
Bonali
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100, Modena, Italy.
Francesco
F
Mattioli
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100, Modena, Italy.
Matteo
M
Alicandri-Ciufelli
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100, Modena, Italy.
Livio
L
Presutti
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009333:Neck; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Atypical mycobacteria; Cervical adenitis; Para-retropharyngeal spaces; Parotid; Tuberculin test