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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 4:2018:bcr2018226547.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226547.

Mumps presenting with unilateral, synchronous parotid and submandibular gland swelling

Connor Boyle  1   2 , Panagiotis Asimakopoulos  2 , Elham Khatamzas  3 , Guy Vernham  2
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Mumps presenting with unilateral, synchronous parotid and submandibular gland swelling

Connor Boyle et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A previously healthy 22-year-old woman presented with acute, unilateral facial and neck swelling, associated with fever and malaise. She was initially treated with intravenous antibiotics; however, CT imaging showed unilateral, synchronous swelling and inflammation of the parotid and submandibular glands, and a PCR swab from the parotid duct was positive for mumps. She was fully immunised and had no contact in the preceding period with anyone diagnosed with mumps. She responded to supportive management and her symptoms resolved over the course of her admission. Unilateral, synchronous swelling and severe inflammation of both the parotid and submandibular glands in mumps is a very unusual presentation, and not one previously reported in the literature.

Keywords: ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology; otolaryngology / ENT.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Coronal CT neck with contrast showing enlarged left parotid (yellow arrow) and submandibular (red arrow) glands.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial CT neck with contrast showing marked left parotid enlargement (yellow arrow).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Axial CT neck with contrast showing enlargement of the left submandibular gland (yellow arrow). Adjacent reactive left submandibular lymph node (red arrow).
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