Development of Parotidial Tuberculosis after Medical Treatment

Abstract

The parotid localization of tuberculosis is extremely rare, its diagnosis is based on histological examination. We report the medical case of a 52-year-old patient with parotid swelling and whose diagnosis of tuberculosis was made on histological examination after fine needle aspiration; progress under medical treatment was marked by treatment failure and the need for surgery. Tuberculosis is a transmissible infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, by far the most common form of the lungs. The ENT location is dominated by cervical lymph node involvement; however, extranodal involvement is not exceptional among which we find the parotid localization which presents itself in the form of a misleading clinical picture confusing with other pathologies of the parotid gland, in particular tumor pathology. Parotid tuberculosis is a rare pathology, its diagnosis poses difficulties with parotid tumor pathology, the diagnosis is based on histology, treatment based on antibacillary, failure after medical treatment as in our case remains rare.