Jones, G. L., Lukaris, A. D., Prabhu, H. V., Brown, M. J. K. M. and Bondeson, Jan 2005. Wegener’s granulomatosis mimicking a parotid abscess. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 119 (9) , pp. 746-749. 10.1258/0022215054797952 |
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Abstract
We present the case of a previously healthy 59-year-old man who was under treatment for scleritis and episcleritis when he developed a parotid-gland swelling and pus-producing sinus. On surgical exploration, the features were those of a parotid abscess, but the lesion not only failed to heal post-operatively but increased in size very significantly. There was also severe necrotizing keratitis of the eyes. Due to clinical suspicion and a positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies test, Wegener’s granulomatosis was diagnosed and the patient successfully treated with cyclophosphamide and steroids. Previously, a number of cases of Wegener’s granulomatosis causing salivary-gland swelling have been reported in the literature; this is the first case in which the disease has masqueraded as a parotid abscess.
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Additional Information: | Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0022-2151/ (accessed 25/02/2014). |
Publisher: | Cambridge Journals |
ISSN: | 00222151 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2023 22:55 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57088 |
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