DOI: 10.12890/2020_001505

Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report

Authors

  • Noel Lorenzo Villalba Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz Internal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Zaida Cordoba Sosa Internal Medicine Department, Fuerteventura General Hospital, Puerto del Rosario, Spain
  • Saturnino Suárez Ortega Internal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

noellorenzo@gmail.com

Keywords

Parotid tuberculosis, inflammatory swelling, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract

A 77-year-old man was admitted to the internal medicine department for a 5-day history of progressive preauricular swelling. Two lines of antibiotic treatment failed to achieve any improvement. Fine needle aspiration cytology was conducted and smear staining with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain as well as a PCR test were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These results were confirmed with culture of the sample. A diagnosis of tuberculosis parotitis was made and anti-tuberculous drugs were initiated.

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Published

2020-02-20

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2020)

How to Cite

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Lorenzo Villalba N, Alonso Ortiz MB, Cordoba Sosa Z, Suárez Ortega S, Zulfiqar A-A. Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 20 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];7(3). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1505

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