2022/02/24 by François Chalard, Anne-Laure Hermann, Monique Elmaleh +1 · 1 voice
Medicine · #Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment #Head and Neck Anomalies #Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts
paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/s13244-022-01166-y
openalex publication_date 2022/02/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
A wide spectrum of disorders involves the parotid glands, in infancy and childhood. Acute or chronic inflammatory/infectious diseases are predominant. The first branchial cleft anomalies are congenital lesions that typically manifest during childhood. Tumor lesions are more likely to be benign, with infantile hemangioma the most common in infancy and pleomorphic adenoma the most frequent in childhood. Malignant tumors are uncommon, with mucoepidermoid carcinoma the least rare. Infiltrative parotid diseases are rare and have some pediatric clinical specificities. These common and uncommon disorders of parotid glands during childhood and their imaging characteristics are reviewed.