Arup Sengupta1, Shib Shankar Paul2, Lopamudra Majumder3, Jyoti4
BACKGROUND
The Parotid gland is the most common salivary gland to be affected by different pathological variants of swellings which present as a mass in the retromandibular area. The pathology of these lesions varies from inflammatory lesions, cysts, benign and malignant neoplasms. In our study we included only the cases which turned out to be Tuberculosis of the parotid gland.
METHODS
A small hospital based study of 100 cases of parotid swellings were carried out in the department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery, MGM Medical College & LSK Hospital Kishanganj, Bihar, India from December 2012 to December 2015. All the cases of parotid swellings were analyzed by taking detailed history, clinical features, biochemical, microbiological, ultrasonographic & CT scan findings, and FNAC. The cases which were diagnosed as Tuberculosis of the parotid, were included in the study. Pathological variants other than tuberculosis were excluded from the study.
RESULTS
In our series there were 47 males (47%) and 53 females (53%), out of which 5 patients (5%) were diagnosed with tuberculosis of the parotid gland. Amongst the 5, male patients were 3(3%) & females 2(2%).
