Recurrent juvenile parotitis: a rare bilateral presentation

Autosomal dominant juvenile recurrent parotitis.

Juvenile recurrent parotitis is a common cause of inflammatory salivary gland swelling in children. A variety of aetiological factors has been proposed for the condition. Here we present a family where four members had juvenile recurrent parotitis and where two other family members may have had an atypical form of the condition. The segregation pattern in the family is consistent with autosomal...

Juvenile recurrent parotitis: sialendoscopic approach.

OBJECTIVE To assess the relevance of sialendoscopy as a diagnostic and interventional procedure in juvenile recurrent parotitis (JRP). DESIGN Prospective case series study. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS Sialendoscopy was used to examine 10 children (age range, 1.8-13.0 years) with symptomatic JRP for recurrent swelling of the parotid glands between January 2003 and Jan...

Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis: A Case Report

Chronic Recurrent Parotitis or Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis (JRP) is an uncommon clinical condition that causes episodes of recurrent inflammation of the parotid gland, usually unilaterally. It affects children between 3 and 6 years of age and resolves spontaneously at puberty. Fever and general discomfort occasionally accompany it. In the periods between attacks, the patient is asymptomatic. I...

Recurrent bilateral parotitis in acute myeloid leukemia.

Incessant cry--rare presentation of neonatal parotitis.

Madam, An 18-day-old female neonate, otherwise healthy, presented with incessant cry for 2 days, increased during feeding. Baby was born out of nonconsanguineous marriage. It was an institutional normal vaginal delivery, at term. The antenatal and postnatal period was uneventful. The baby was exclusively breastfed. On examination bilateral tender firm swellings were found in both parotid region...