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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 2 | Page : 81-82 |
Blunt trauma to the parotid gland in child
Amit Agrawal1, KB Golhar1, Sankalp Dwivedi1, Nitish Baisakhiya2, Pankaj Banode3, Abhishek Sachchar1
1 Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of ENT, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Radiology, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Amit Agrawal
Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha - 442 005, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.43034
Blunt trauma to the parotid gland is extremely rare and requires considerable force. We present a unique case in which a child sustained parotid injury without any associated injury to the facial skeleton, parotid gland and ductal structures and managed successfully. A literature search revealed that this type of injury has not been reported previously.
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