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Journal of Craniofacial Surgery:
November 2008 - Volume 19 - Issue 6 - pp 1561-1565
doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31818ac146
Clinical Notes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Within Parotid Gland Warthin Tumor

Özcan, Cengiz MD; Apa, Duygu Düsmez MD; Aslan, Gönül MD; Gülhan, Stk MD; Görür, Kemal MD

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Abstract

Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is extremely unusual. Tuberculosis comprises 2.5% to 10% of parotid gland lesions. Two clinical forms of parotid gland tuberculosis infection exist. One is a diffuse parenchymatous disease (either primary or secondary to nodal disease), resembling common infection. The second is a chronic, slow-growing, painless, and firm parotid mass mimicking a neoplasm. Most of these patients were diagnosed after parotid gland surgery and histopathologic evaluation. Warthin tumor is a well-known benign neoplasm of the salivary glands. It is the second most common tumor of the parotid gland. Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Warthin tumor is also unusual. Five cases with parotid gland tuberculosis within Warthin tumor were reported in the literature. In this report, we present a new patient with parotid gland tuberculosis within the Warthin tumor. This type parotid gland pathology is an extremely rare entity, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the second documented case using polymerase chain reaction. We also discussed the possible mechanisms of development of infection within Warthin tumor.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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