Chest
Selected ReportsPneumoparotid due to Spirometry
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Case Report
A 41-year-old male smoker was referred to the pulmonary diagnostics laboratory because of persistent wheezing and dry cough for 4 months after a viral upper respiratory tract infection. He had been treated with albuterol by metered-dose inhaler on an as needed basis and with fluticasone, two puffs bid, by metered-dose inhaler. The patient had pulmonary function testing consisting of spirometry and measures of gas-dilution lung volumes and single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity. The
Discussion
The presence of air within the parotid gland has variously been called pneumoparotitis,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 pneumosialadenitis,15 wind parotitis,16 and pneumatocele glandulae parotis.17 Parotid swelling after general anesthesia or surgery has been called anesthetic or surgical mumps, and there are case reports of acute parotid swelling after endoscopy, but there is little evidence to confirm that these cases are due to pneumoparotid. In the absence of demonstrable inflammation
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