Challenging case of parotitis: A comprehensive approach

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The diagnosis and management of parotitis can be challenging. Patients often present with pain and edema in the neck, jaw, head, and ear due to congestion of the gland. Parotitis is typically caused by an infection within the parotid gland and surrounding lymph nodes, and the infection can spread to nearby cervical fascial planes and cause major complications if not managed successfully. Specific guidelines for the outpatient management of parotitis are limited, and outpatient treatment failures are common, requiring inpatient therapy with multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics. In the current case, a comprehensive patient-centered approach was used to treat a woman whose overlapping clinical conditions, lifestyle, and work factors led to an infection of the parotid gland.

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Patel, P., Scott, S., & Cunningham, S. (2017). Challenging case of parotitis: A comprehensive approach. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 117(12), e137–e140. https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2017.152

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