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Chronic Bacterial SialadenitisAka: Chronic Bacterial Parotitis, Chronic Suppurative Sialadenitis, Chronic Sialoadenitis, Chronic Sialadenitis

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  1. See Also
    1. Sialadenitis
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Chronic, low-grade Salivary Gland bacterial infection
      1. Staphylococcus aureus
      2. Mixed bacterial infection
    2. Ultimately results in Salivary Gland destruction
  3. Symptoms
    1. Recurrent Parotitis
  4. Differential Diagnosis
    1. Sjogren Syndrome
    2. Lymphadenopathy of the Head and Neck
    3. Sialolithiasis
  5. Radiology
    1. Sialogram
      1. Salivary Gland stasis
      2. Salivary acini replaced by cysts
  6. Management
    1. Anti-staphylococcal antibiotics (e.g. Dicloxacillin)
    2. Salivary Gland resection (e.g. Parotidectomy)
      1. Indicated in refractory cases
  7. References
    1. Chow in Mandell (2000) Infectious Disease, p. 699-700
    2. Walner in Cummings (1998) Otolaryngology, p. 5-121

Chronic sialadenitis (C0341052)

ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
EnglishChronic nonspecific sialadenitis, Chronic sialadenitis
Spanishsialoadenitis crónica, sialoadenitis cronica
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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