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Category: Volume 08 Issue 02 February 2020
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Title: Parotid Tuberculosis Following Eyelid Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent Patient

Authors: Dr Preeti Gupta, Dr Hemant Kumar, Dr Kiran Preet Malhotra, Dr Utkarsh Kumar Srivastava, Dr Ajay Kumar Verma, Dr Rishabh Chaudhary, Dr Manoj Kumar Pandey

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i2.24

Abstract

Parotid tuberculosis and eyelid tuberculosis are rare Extra-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis especially in immunocompetent individual. Here, we report tuberculosis of the parotid gland in a 33 year old female who had eyelid tuberculosis on left side which was operated and treated with anti -tubercular therapy as per revised national tuberculosis control program. She presented with diffuse swelling on right parotid area. Fine needle aspiration cytology was suggestive of tuberculosis. She improved with a full course of anti-tubercular regimen of two months intensive phase with rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and pyrazinamide followed by four months continuation phase regimen with rifampicin, isoniazid, and ethambutol.

Keywords: parotid tuberculosis, eyelid tuberculosis, Fine needle aspiration cytology.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Hemant Kumar, MD, DNB

Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India