Benign Parotid Swellings: A Review

Watt, James

doi:10.1177/003591577707000710

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“…A congenital neck mass is usually present at birth, however may present at any age. Among the non-inflammatory neck masses in children, branchial cleft cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, hemangioma, laryngocele, mucocele, teratoma, dermoid cyst, and thymic cyst are mostly well-known categories1).…”

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A case of bilateral submandibular gland mucoceles in a 16-month-old child

Choi

Kim

et al. 2012

Korean J Pediatr

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Mucoceles are common benign cystic lesions of the oral cavity that develop following extravasation or retention of mucous material from the major or minor salivary glands. Mucoceles are usually located in the lower lip (60 to 70% of cases), and the floor of the mouth is only involved in 6 to 15% of cases. Submandibular gland mucocele is extremely rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of swelling at the submandibular triangle in young children. We present the rare case of a 16-month-old child who was diagnosed with bilateral submandibular gland mucocele, presenting as serial swellings in both submandibular regions. We removed the cystic mass with the submandibular and sublingual glands to prevent recurrence.

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A case of bilateral submandibular gland mucoceles in a 16-month-old child

Choi

Kim

et al. 2012

Korean J Pediatr

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“…[ 12 13 ] Further, hypersensitivity reactions associated with xerostomia following oysters intake, mercury and lead poisoning would also lead to parotid swelling. [ 14 ] Ross et al . has demonstrated that naturally derived calcium supplements including oyster shell contains significant amount of lead.…”

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Oyster shell calcium induced parotid swelling

Palaniappan

Selvarajan

Srinivasamurthy

et al. 2014

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

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A 59 year old female consumer was started on therapy with oyster shell calcium in combination with vitamin D3 and she presented with swelling below the ear, after two doses. She stopped the drug by herself and the swelling disappeared in one day. She started the drug one day after recovery and again she developed the swelling. She was advised to stop the drug with a suggestion to take lemon to enhance parotid secretion and the swelling subsided. Calcium plays major role in salivary secretion and studies have shown reduced parotid secretion in rats, deficient of vitamin D. But in humans involvement of calcium and vitamin D3 in parotid secretion is unknown. However, the patient had no history of reaction though she had previously taken vitamin D3 with calcium carbonate which was not from oyster shell. Hence, we ruled out vitamin D3 in this reaction and suspecting oyster shell calcium as a culprit. This adverse drug reaction (ADR) was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO) causality assessment, Naranjo's and Hartwig severity scales. As per WHO causality assessment scale, the ADR was classified as “certain”. This reaction was analyzed as per Naranjo's algorithm and was classified as probable. According to Hartwig's severity scale the reaction was rated as mild. Our case is an example of a mild but rare adverse effect of oyster shell calcium carbonate which is widely used.

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“…We have recently seen a nine-year-old boy who developed the condition after attempting to inflate his bicycle tyre innertube without a pump! Watt (1977) reported pneumoparotitis in a diver following decompression and in another naval officer who worked at high barometric pressure. When such factors are eliminated from the history, the cause is often unclear.…”

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