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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2011

A 15-year-old girl consulted a dental surgeon about a moderate swelling of the parotid-masticatory region on the left. Objectively: on palpation, the left parotid gland is nodular, dense, painless. The duct exudes somewhat turbid saliva. The duct mouth is dilated, the surrounding mucous membrane is cyanotic, pasty, with imprints of teeth. Make a diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Chronic parenchymatous sialoadenitis
  2. Cyst
  3. Chronic interstitial sialoadenitis
  4. Pleomorphic adenoma
  5. Sialolithiasis
Correct answer

Chronic parenchymatous sialoadenitis

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