Parotid gland involvement in sarcoidosis. Southern Medical Journal | February 1, 2005| | COPYRIGHT 2005 Southern Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

To the Editor: Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause that may involve virtually any organ, including the parotid gland. Involvement of the parotid gland has been reported in 6 to 30% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. (1-3) We retrospectively evaluated the general clinical features of 26 patients with sarcoidosis with parotid involvement over a 36-year period.

Five percent of patients with sarcoidosis had parotid gland involvement. Of these subjects, 77% were female and 23% were male. When the patients were assigned a radiologic disease ...

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