Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis: Report of a Rare Case

摘要

Recurrent parotitis (RP) is defined as recurrent diffuse or localized parotid inflammation of one or both parotid glands. It is usually accompanied with swelling, pain, fever and redness and associated with an incomplete obstruction of the ductal system; however, on occasion, a nonobstructive variant is present .It is also known as juvenile RP or recurrent sialectatic parotitis. Only a few case series have been reported, implying that it is relatively rare. The diagnosis of RP is made on a clinical basis, and can often be confirmed by ultrasound and sialography that showing the classical features of sialectasis.In this case a five-year old boy with recurrent swelling and pain in the preauricular region referred to our clinic. On physical examination, diffuse swelling in the right preauricular region extending posteriorly beyond the ramus of the mandible. Right parotid sialogram was performed which showed multiple unifonnly sized punctate collections of contrast media evenly distributed throughout the gland suggestive of punctate sialectasis.