An Unusual Entity of Sarcoidosis: Acute Parotitis
Journal Title: Otolaryngology – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a rare systemic granulamatous disease of unknown etiology that may effect many organ and system, mainly lungs. This disease is rare in children. Sarcoidosis is staging contingent on posterior-anterior chest x-ray. Stage III rarely occurs. In generally, sarcoidosis in children is diagnosed by extrapulmonary organ involvement. We presented hereby a rare case of sarcoidosis stage III diagnosed in a child patient with acute parotitis and reviewed the relevant literature.
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Mustafa Celik
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