Andrea Marino, Giovanni Cacciaguerra, Serena Spampinato, Monica Palermo, Arturo Biasco, Emanuele Liotta, Salvatore Cocuzza, Emmanuele Venanzi Rullo, Giuseppe Nunnari, Piero Pavone
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection usually affects the respiratory system; however, a number of atypical manifestations of this disease have also been reported, especially in children. The present study reports a case of a 12-year-old presenting with right unilateral parotitis and sialadenitis and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The young patient, after a 3-day history of fever, was brought to our clinic (Polyclinic University Hospital 'G. Rodolico', Catania, Italy) for the sudden onset of unilateral parotitis accompanied by sialadenitis and hyperaemia of the skin, which was tender to touch...
May 2024: Biomedical Reports