Unspecific parotitis can be the first indication of a developing Wegener's granulomatosis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-134

  Frantz, Markus C ^a   Frank, Helga ^a   Von Weyhern, Claus ^b   Kiefer, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Painful parotitis; Recurrent fever; Salivary gland enlargement; Sialadenitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTIDECTOMY; PAROTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT FEVER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 36348953721     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0403-0     Document Type: Article

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