• Acute bacterial parotitis: is most often caused by a bacterial infection of Staphylococcus aureus but may be caused by any commensal bacteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Blockage of the main parotid duct, or one of its branches, is often a primary cause of acute parotitis, with further inflammation secondary to bacterial superinfection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Surgical treatment of acute bacterial parotitis. (medscape.com)
  • Acute necrotic parotitis. (medscape.com)
  • Spiegel R, Miron D, Sakran W, Horovitz Y. Acute neonatal suppurative parotitis: case reports and review. (medscape.com)
  • Swelling without pain and without infection also consitutes a form of parotitis, which may be acute or chronic. (health-care-articles.info)
  • Acute bacterial parotitis is now infrequent, but its historical importance and occasional occurrence today necessitate in-depth knowledge of this entity by the otolaryngologist. (medscape.com)
  • Other authors used names such as acute surgical parotitis, acute necrotic parotitis, acute gangrenous parotitis, and other historical designations according to Hemenway and English in 1971. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Acute suppurative parotitis (ASP) of neonates is a rare condition characterized by irritability, erythema, and tenderness of the affected gland. (bvsalud.org)
  • Any spontaneous development of painful swelling of the thyroid gland warrants a complete work up that includes thyroid hormones, thyroid autoimmune panel, acute phase reactant titers, and, if available, imaging that may lead to the diagnosis of an inflammatory or infectious cause of thyroiditis. (intec.edu.do)
  • The concentration of lipase in the blood does not increase in epidemic parotitis and appendicitis. (rezus.lt)
  • Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Sjögren's syndrome: Chronic inflammation of the salivary glands may also be an autoimmune disease known as Sjögren's syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chronic parotitis destroys the glandular elements of the salivary glands and impairs the protective functions of saliva, leading to dental infections and caries. (medscape.com)
  • Bacterial sialadenitis (mainly in elderly) can develop due to dehydration , stones in the salivary glands (sialolithiasis), autoimmune diseases (Sjögren's syndrome), or impaired immunity (HIV/AIDS, radiation therapy, chemotherapy). (ehealthstar.com)
  • Parotitis is an inflammation of the parotid gland , which is one of the salivary glands located near the ears . (osmosis.org)
  • Chronic recurrent parotitis: a closer look at its origin, diagnosis, and management. (medscape.com)
  • Juvenile recurrent parotitis is a disorder of unknown etiology affecting children (most commonly 4 to 6 years old) and often resolving by puberty. (msdmanuals.com)
  • When surgery is required for chronic parotitis, the standard treatment is superficial parotidectomy, but if CT scanning or surgery reveals significant involvement of the deep lobe, that portion of the gland is dissected from beneath the nerve. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with chronic parotitis are instructed to maintain scrupulous dental care. (medscape.com)
  • Chronic parotitis with multiple calcifications: Clinical and sialendoscopic findings. (medscape.com)
  • Autoimmune disease causes most cases of chronic parotitis. (health-care-articles.info)
  • Sjögren Syndrome Sjögren syndrome is a relatively common chronic, autoimmune, systemic, inflammatory disorder of unknown cause. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In the field of modern medicine, a number of causative factors have been identified for the "wind" disorders of concern, including infectious agents, neurological problems, and autoimmune diseases. (itmonline.org)
  • Before antibiotics and intravenous administration of fluids were available, bacterial parotitis occurred in postoperative patients or other severely ill patients who became dehydrated and contributed to their demise as an incurable sepsis . (medscape.com)
  • We won't see the cancers, autoimmune disease or inflammatory conditions for a few weeks to years after the injection as it takes some time for cell signaling to mount an inflammatory response. (tapnewswire.com)
  • type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis , interstitial nephritis , Riedel's thyroiditis , Mikulicz's disease , Küttner's tumor , inflammatory pseudotumors (in various sites of the body), mediastinal fibrosis and some cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis . (mdwiki.org)
  • Common symptoms include fever, headache and bilateral or unilateral parotitis (swelling of the parotid gland on one or both sides of the face). (wikipedia.org)
  • People with parotitis can present with swollen and tender parotid , fever, dry mouth, and difficulty opening the mouth. (osmosis.org)
  • His eponymous "Heerfordt Sydrome" consisted of uveitis, parotitis and fever (uveoparotid fever) with or without facial palsy. (aao.org)
  • Reading the numerous journal articles on parotitis reveals frequent contradictions in the classification, etiology, and treatment of the disorders. (medscape.com)
  • These lesions may be caused by bacteria,viruses,food allergies or due to autoimmune disorders. (likehealthylife.com)
  • [ 1 ] He called parotid abscesses celiac parotitis because they were believed to be metastatic from abdominal infections. (medscape.com)
  • Despite repeated antibiotic therapy and multiple surgical interventions including partial incision and drainage of the abscesses, the parotitis did not resolved. (bvsalud.org)
  • Parotitis as extrapulmonary tuberculosis: The mycobacterium that cause tuberculosis can also cause parotid infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tuberculosis as the cause of diffuse parotitis. (medscape.com)
  • Bacterial parotitis presents as a unilateral swelling, where the gland is swollen and tender and usually produces pus at the Stensen's duct. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recurring parotitis, an unpleasant and distressing condition, is managed conservatively in most instances but occasionally requires surgery to end the frequent and severe episodes of infection. (health-care-articles.info)
  • Parotitis presents in many forms, and the symptoms vary from modest to prostrating. (medscape.com)
  • Parotitis may arise in hospitalized patients who are severely ill, and it is treated as indicated above (see Treatment). (medscape.com)
  • In 1919, Zachary Cope, a British Army surgeon, described 7 patients with parotitis that he had treated in Baghdad during the exceptionally hot summer of 1917. (medscape.com)
  • There are several causes of parotitis, including viral infections, bacterial infections, and blockages in the duct that drains saliva from the gland. (osmosis.org)
  • In this article, evolution of the knowledge of parotitis, as well as the diagnosis and treatment, is discussed. (medscape.com)
  • So far I've witnessed 3 cases of Bell's Palsy, 1 Parotitis, 1 Trigeminal Neuralgia, 3 cases of Shingles, 1 stroke, 2 Guillan Barre, 1 runaway high blood pressure spike, 1 miscarriage. (tapnewswire.com)
  • We report a rare case of Mycobacteroides abscessus subspecies abscessus (MAB) parotitis in a previously healthy 26-year-old woman. (bvsalud.org)