Brucella melitensis infection within warthin tumor of the parotid gland

J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Sep;22(5):1899-901. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31822ea64c.

Abstract

Brucellosis is a zoonotic systemic infectious disease, and multiorgan involvement is commonly seen, but involvement of the neck is a rare presentation of brucellosis. Granulomatous infections of the parotid gland are extremely rare. Warthin tumor is a well-known benign neoplasm of the salivary glands. In this report, we describe a Warthin tumor associated with Brucella melitensis in the same parotid gland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenolymphoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenolymphoma / microbiology*
  • Adenolymphoma / pathology
  • Adenolymphoma / therapy
  • Brucella melitensis*
  • Brucellosis / complications*
  • Brucellosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Brucellosis / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parotid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Parotid Gland / microbiology*
  • Parotid Gland / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Parotid Neoplasms / microbiology*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed