COVID-19 associated parotitis

Jennifer Fisher; Derek L Monette; Krupa R Patel; Brendan P Kelley; Maura Kennedy

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.06.059

COVID-19 associated parotitis

Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan:39:254.e1-254.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.06.059. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

Authors

Jennifer Fisher¹, Derek L Monette², Krupa R Patel³, Brendan P Kelley⁴, Maura Kennedy⁵

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.
² Departments of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.
⁴ Departments of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.
⁵ Departments of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: mkennedy8@partners.org.

Abstract

As the 2019 coronavirus pandemic has unfolded, an increasing number of atypical presentations of COVID-19 have been reported. As patients with COVID-19 often present to emergency departments for initial care, it is important that emergency clinicians are familiar with these atypical presentations in order to prevent disease transmission. We present a case of a 21-year-old woman diagnosed in our ED with COVID-19 associated parotitis and review the epidemiology and management of parotitis. We discuss the importance of considering COVID-19 in the differential of parotitis and other viral-associated syndromes and emphasize the importance of donning personal protective equipment during the initial evaluation.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Parotitis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Parotitis / diagnosis*
Parotitis / prevention & control
Parotitis / virology
Personal Protective Equipment
Young Adult