An unusual parotid mass

An Unusual Presentation of Parotid Abscess: Otorrhea

Acute suppurative parotitis and parotid gland abscess are infrequently seen in children. Ductal ectasis, primary parenchymal involvement or from a suppurative infection of the lymph nodes cause suppurative changes and leads to abcess formation. Various bacteria have been reported to be involved in the bacterial parotitis and abscesses; Staphylococcus aureus plays a major role both in adults, an...

An unusual abdominal mass.

Accepted 20 August 1997 A 78-year old woman presented with pain in her left lower abdomen for three days. She had also noticed an associated swelling in the same area, and a feeling of incomplete evacuation of her bowel. However, there was no nausea, vomiting, change in bowel habits, or rectal bleeding. She was otherwise fit and healthy, apart from mild hypertension for which she was taking ben...

An unusual pulmonary mass.

Accepted 17 April 1996 A 23-year-old woman smoker complained of right-sided chest pain. The patient had no significant personal or family history. She was asymptomatic, and physical examination was unremarkable. Her chest X-ray and thoracic computed tomography (CT) scan are shown in figures 1 and 2. Blood biochemical and haematological examinations were normal, as was abdominal ultrasonography....

An eyelid swelling with a parotid mass.

Accepted 12 December 1995 A 45-year-old woman presented with a left upper eyelid mass, first noticed five years earlier. The mass had been excised initially but recurred within nine months. For the last year, the patient had noticed a painless, progressively increasing swelling in the left parotid region. Examination revealed a 3 x 2 cm nontender mass in the left upper eyelid with conjunctival ...

An unusual mass in unusual gender