Parotid Area Research Articles

A Rare Case of Intramedullary Lipoma of the Thigh Bone.

Intramedullary diaphyso-epiphysary lipomas of the thigh bone are extremely rare in the literature (8 cases described). A case in a 58 years old woman is reported. The tumor was localized in the right femoral bone. The same patient had previously presented a similar tumor in the subcutis of the hip and in the parotid area.

Retinoblastoma obscured by recent trauma.

Failure to elicit an exact history of injury may lead to errors in the management of patients having various ocular complaints. A clear-cut history of ocular trauma, however, may mislead the clinician and result in serious error. This case report illustrates the latter situation. Report of Case A four-year-old Negro boy was struck in the left eye with a bottle. There was no previous history of eye disease. The patient was first examined by an ophthalmologist ten days later. There was evidence of an infection. The lens was cataractous. The right eye was normal. The infection cleared rapidly with local therapy. During subsequent weeks, however, secondary glaucoma occurred, and the eye became blind and painful. It was enucleated three months after the injury. Postoperatively the patient did well for three months, at which time he developed swelling in the left parotid area. It was then discovered that the pathologist's report

Parotid gland atrophy. Observations after ligation of Stenson's duct.

The purpose of this report is to discuss an observation on a patient who had sustained a traumatic salivary fistula which was treated successfully by ligation of the parotid duct. The patient is one of a series reported in a previous communication dealing with purposeful ligation of the parotid duct as a means of treating persistent salivary fistula. 1 Report of a Case A 21-year-old Negro man sustained a deep knife wound of the left face, just anterior to the ear, on Oct. 12, 1955. On admission he was found to have complete paralysis of the left side of the face. Operation at this time was confined to suturing the facial wound. Six days later he developed a tumorlike swelling over the left parotid area. Aspiration yielded clear yellow fluid apparently of salivary gland origin. After aspiration he developed a persistent salivary fistula. Sialography revealed a large cystic space connecting

Tumors of the neck and parotid areas; report of more than 1000 cases.

Tumors of the neck and parotid areas; report of more than 1000 cases.

Mumps virus in human milk and in milk of infected monkey.

Detection of mumps virus in the milk of a mother with epidemic parotitis at the time of delivery is of clinical interest, as this virus, to my knowledge, has not been hitherto isolated from this source. Mastitis is rarely listed among the manifestations of mumps. As described below, mumps virus was also detected in the milk of a lactating monkey in whom infection had been artificially induced. REPORT OF A CASE E. M., a 23 year old Negro woman, was admitted to the hospital 1 on May 2, 1950, for parotitis of two days' duration. She had bilateral swelling and edema in the parotid areas. Mumps had developed in two of her children in the preceding three weeks. Shortly after arrival, the patient was delivered of a full term, normal infant. A sample of milk was obtained three days later at the onset of lactation, when the mother's breasts were

AURICULOTEMPORAL SYNDROME

The auriculotemporal syndrome is described. It consists of sweating and redness of the cheek brought on by eating in a person who has sustained injury to the auriculotemporal nerve in the region of the parotid gland. A case of the auriculotemporal syndrome is reported in a child following parotitis of the newborn infant treated by incision and drainage. The basic etiology of the syndrome is unknown. Certain physiologic considerations are discussed. The condition is benign, nonprogressive and one in which surgical division of the auriculotemporal nerve should be curative. Surgical interference in the parotid area should be avoided whenever possible to prevent the possible occurrence of the auriculotemporal syndrome.

An Histological Study of Salivary Gland Tumors

In an investigation of a series of sixty-six cases of tumors of salivary glands reported by Schreiner and Mattick in 1928, 1 in which they record the results of operation and radiation therapy, we find twenty-nine mixed tumors of salivary glands. Histological diagnosis had been made on these cases in the pathological laboratory of the New York State Institute for the Study of Malignant Disease. It was thought that a further review of these cases from the histological standpoint might possibly reveal characteristics in the structure of these tumors which might be of value in the prognosis in a given case. Of the twenty-nine cases, nine were found in males and twenty in females. Though the age incidence of these tumors is usually said to be low, we found none in the first two decades, five in the third, four in the fourth, eight in the fifth, five in the sixth, four in the seventh, and three above the age of seventy. While it must be admitted that this type of tumor notoriously runs a long course, and that some of the cases presenting themselves for treatment gave a history dating back some years, the age incidence of the tumors in this series seems to correspond with that of other malignant growths. While more of these tumors were found in the parotid area than elsewhere, a greater number were variously distributed in the lower portion of the face and anterior portion of the neck. The site of the original tumors is shown on the following page.