Parotidial Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic to Remember!


Authors : IMANE AZZAM; SONDOS AL RAJAB; SOPHIA NITASSI; RAZIKA BENCHEIKH; MOHAMMED ANAS BENBOUZID; ABDELILAH OUJILAL; )LEILA ESSAKALLI HOSSYNI

Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 10 - October


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Abstract : Primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland is a rare clinical entity, his diagnosis is not easy. It is the bacteriological and anatomopathological data that confirm this. The therapeutic management is primarily medical based on the prescription of anti-bacillary chemotherapy, in the absence of drug resistance, the evolution is generally favorable. The objective of this work is to report a new case of primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland in a child, and to recall the various challenges in the diagnosis posed by this condition.

Primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland is a rare clinical entity, his diagnosis is not easy. It is the bacteriological and anatomopathological data that confirm this. The therapeutic management is primarily medical based on the prescription of anti-bacillary chemotherapy, in the absence of drug resistance, the evolution is generally favorable. The objective of this work is to report a new case of primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland in a child, and to recall the various challenges in the diagnosis posed by this condition.

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