منابع مشابه
Mumps and mumps vaccine: a global review.
Mumps is an acute infectious disease caused by a paramyxovirus. Although the disease is usually mild, up to 10% of patients can develop aseptic meningitis; a less common but more serious complication is encephalitis, which can result in death or disability. Permanent deafness, orchitis, and pancreatitis are other untoward effects of mumps. Based on data reported to WHO up to April 1998, mumps v...
متن کاملOcular complications of mumps.
THE ocular complications of mumps are rare, the commonest being dacryoadenitis, which is usually bilateral and begins with sudden pain in the orbits, chemosis of the bulbar conjunctiva, and enlarged tense painful lacrimal glands. In its milder form it is called mumps conjunctivitis (Lippmann, 1943; Villard, Viallefont, and Teyssier, 1937; Galpine and Walkowski, 1952). Other complications are ra...
متن کاملIodide Mumps
To the Editor: We present 2 cases of bilateral swelling of the parotid glands appearing after application of contrast media. This unusual reaction is also known as Biodide mumps.[ As there is no premedication that can prevent its appearance, it is advisable in these cases to use imaging systems without iodide-based contrast media. The first case was a 70-year-old man with significant bilateral,...
متن کاملMumps of the Heart
THIS REPORT concerns a patient who died of severe congestive cardiac failure 8 months after the onset of a clinical illness indistinguishable from mumps, characterized by submaxillary gland enlargement, orchitis, pancreatitis, meningitis, and myocarditis. During the past 2 decades, several papers have appeared describing electrocardiographic changes in many patients with mumps,1-5 and clinical ...
متن کاملRemembering Mumps
The mumps virus belongs to the family of paramyxoviruses. It has a single-strand, nonsegmented, negative-sense RNA genome and is spread by the respiratory route. Following a 12–25-day incubation period, infection frequently causes the classic symptom of mumps: painfully swollen parotid salivary glands (parotitis). Some complications of infection include hearing loss, orchitis, oophoritis, masti...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.297.6659.1337-b