OBJECTIVE: To present a child with recurrent parotitis and to review the clinical management of this disease. CASE DESCRIPTION: A six years old male child was admitted at a Pediatric Outpatient Unit after his second episode of parotitis, which was treated with cefalexin. Between the episodes, the child presented normal physical examination. Infectious, obstructive and immunodeficiency related causes of parotitis were excluded by appropriated diagnostic procedures, but the child persisted with recurrent episodes of parotids pain and swelling. COMMENTS: Recurrent parotitis of childhood is a rare disease that causes substantial morbidity, but has good prognosis with conservative management.
parotitis; parotid gland; child
