Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2021
A 26-year-old man came to a dentist complaining of facial asymmetry that developed because of a painful swelling in the left parotid area that appeared 3 days ago. His body temperature is 37.2°C. Two weeks ago he had a case of acute respiratory disease. Objectively, in the left parotid area there is a dense round infiltration up to 2 cm in size that is slightly mobile and moderately painful. The excretory duct of the parotid gland produces clear transparent saliva. Make the provisional diagnosis:
Answer options
- Exacerbation of chronic parotitis
- Acute purulent parotitis
- Mikulicz disease
- Herzenberg parotitis
- Pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland
Correct answer
Herzenberg parotitis
This educational archive is provided by KROKEXAM and is not an official testing authority publication.