ResumoObjetivo: Descrever um caso de parotidite recorrente em criança e revisar a abordagem clínica desse problema.Descrição do caso: Paciente de seis anos, masculino, encaminhado ao ambulatório de pediatria para avaliação após ter apresentado dois episódios de parotidite, sendo o último tratado com cefalexina. Entre os episódios de parotidite tinha exame físico normal. Foram afastadas as causas infecciosas, obstrutivas e imunodeficiências, mas a criança evoluiu com episódios recorrentes de dor e edema em região parotídea.Comentários: A parotidite recorrente é uma doença rara, de incidência desconhecida, que apesar de causar substancial morbidade, tem bom prognóstico com tratamento conservador.Palavras-chave: parotidite; glândula parótida; criança. AbstRActObjective: To present a child with recurrent parotitis and to review the clinical management of this disease.Case description: A six years old male child was admitted at a Pediatric Outpatient Unit after his second episode of parotitis, which was treated with cefalexin. Between the episodes, the child presented normal physical examination. Infectious, obstructive and immunodeficiency related causes of parotitis were excluded by appropriated diagnostic procedures, but the child persisted with recurrent episodes of parotids pain and swelling.Comments: Recurrent parotitis of childhood is a rare disease that causes substantial morbidity, but has good prognosis with conservative management.
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