Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of parotid abscess

• Main Authors: André Takahashi (Author), Marcelo Zillo Martini (Author), Juliana Seo (Author), Humberto Gomes de Oliveira Neto (Author), Elio Hitoshi Shinohara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ultrasound (US) has been used as a tool for parotid abscess diagnosis and treatment. The present article aimed to report a case of 72-year-old woman with parotid abscess treated by US-guided needle aspiration and conventional surgical drainage. Along with the clinical report, indications, advantages...