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Presentation of Case

A 13-year-old girl was admitted to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary because of a mass in the left parotid gland.

The patient had been well until four or five months earlier, when a lump in the left side of her neck was first discovered. Seven years earlier, because of recurrent bouts of pharyngotonsillitis and otitis media, an adenotonsillectomy had been performed, and bilateral tympanostomy tubes had been inserted; the infections subsequently ceased. There was an adult cat in her home. She had not had dyspnea, dysphagia, odynophagia, hoarseness, or hemoptysis.

Twelve weeks before admission and shortly after the spontaneous . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Lesions of the Parotid Gland

Infectious Causes of Enlargement of the Parotid Gland

Inflammatory Diseases of the Parotid Gland

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. Trevor J.I. McGill's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

Addendum

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