Variante anatómica en un recién nacido: glándula parótida accesoria bilateralPresentación de un caso
- Andrea González Palau
- Carmen Luz Marrero Pérez
- Mónica Rivero Falero
- Antonio López
ISSN: 1131-6128
Year of publication: 2019
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 17-20
Type: Article
More publications in: Canarias Pediátrica
Abstract
The parotid gland is an anatomical variation that may be present in up to 20% of the population, being, in most cases, asymptomatic and, in many of them, of unknown existence. In this article we include a review of the bibliography of this anatomical variant which is presented as a result of a clinical case diagnosed in a newborn in our hospital. Our patient is a preterm newborn of 34 weeks who was hospitalized in neonatal ICU due to prematurity, underweight and IUGR type II. During his hospitalization doctors find out a swelling in both cheeks which was confirmed with ultrasounds and diagnosed of bilateral accessory parotid gland