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ArticleJournal of medical ultrasound

Cold Abscess of Bilateral Parotids: Delusion or Reality?

Chaitra Udagi, Pooja Jaisinghani, Rasika Waghmare, Tushar Patil

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Chaitra UdagiDepartment of Radiology, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India.
Pooja JaisinghaniDepartment of Radiology, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India.
Rasika WaghmareDepartment of Radiology, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India.
Tushar PatilDepartment of Pathology, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India.

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Abstract

Tuberculosis being endemic in country like India can affect any organ though pulmonary tuberculosis is rampant and extrapulmonary is rare. Tuberculosis affecting parotid gland is a rare occurrence, usually unilateral. However, Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing cold abscess in bilateral parotid glands is even rarer. Here, we present a case of a young female presented with bilateral slow-growing swelling in the parotid region with evening raise of temperature for two months. On clinical examination, no signs of inflammation were seen. Ultrasonography showed thick-walled hypoechoic collection with septae and internal echoes within involving both superficial and deep lobes of the parotid gland. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) suggested a caseating granuloma and acid fast bacilli were detected on ZN staining, thereby confirming the diagnosis of cold abscess. She was put on antitubercular drugs and there was a drastic reduction in the size of swelling.

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Bilateralcold abscessparotidTBtubercular

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PMID38882623
PMCPMC11175372

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