PAROTID SWELLING

acute:

mumps parotitis [bilateral]

bacterial parotitis [unilateral; usually Staph. aureus]

sialolithiasis [usually affects submandibular gland, not parotid]

chronic:

tumours:

lymphoma

leukaemia

pleomorphic adenoma

carcinoma

other causes:

sarcoidosis [Heertfordt's syndrome ('uveoparotid fever') = bilateral parotitis, facial palsy, fever and uveitis]

tuberculosis

syphilis

alcoholic cirrhosis

bulimia nervosa

subacute / intermittent:

sialolithiasis (usually unilateral)

autoimmune (associated with rheumatoid arthritis or Sjögren's syndrome)

Mickulitz syndrome (xerostomia + keratoconjunctivitis sicca)

NB: involvement of all salivary and lachrymal glands can occur in:

sarcoidosis (commonest cause)

reticuloses (lymphomas / leukaemias)

tuberculosis

Sjögren's syndrome

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