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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2015

A 30-year-old patient complains of pain and swelling in the area of the left parotid salivary gland, which occurred 7 days after he had undergone abdominal cavity surgery. Objectively: body temperature equals 39°C, restricted mouth opening; dry mouth; when the gland is massaged, there is purulent exudate being secreted from its duct. The patient can be diagnosed with the following disease:

Answer options

  1. Phlegmon of parotid-masticatory region
  2. Parenchymatous parotitis
  3. Phlegmon of submasseteric space
  4. Acute epidemic parotitis
  5. Acute non-epidemic parotitis
Correct answer

Acute non-epidemic parotitis

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