What is your approach to management of chronic recurrent parotitis in patients with Sjogren's Syndrome?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Uncommon, however, I consider chronic infection/reinfection, especially in setting of significant immunocompromise or severe dental/periodontal disease. Secretion from stensen duct os can be cultured.Salivary duct stones can be detected by ultrasound if ~ >2mm, and duct dilation seen.Especially i...
@Nancy L. Carteron: I am so glad you mentioned eosinophilic sialodochitis (originally described by our very own Dr. Alan Baer at Johns Hopkins). I think we were both present during his elegant presentation on the topic during our Sjo-Net meeting, I have not seen a case yet, but I'm already with my s...
Comments
at University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco @Don,
Indeed I learned further about eosinophilic...