Pneumoparotid: a rare cause of parotid swelling in a 7-year-old child.

PROBLEMS/OBJECTIVES: Pneumoparotid is a rare condition in which air is insufflated through Stensen's duct into the parotid gland. This causes mostly painless swelling in the parotid region. CASE REPORT: We report on a 7-year old girl presenting with painless unilateral swelling of the left parotid region, present for one month. Computer tomography showed the presence of air in the left parotid gland and in both the left and right Stensen's duct. A thorough history revealed the girl was insufflating the parotid glands intentionally as a response to stress. The patient was comforted and instructed to avoid insufflation manoeuvres, which resulted in complete resolution. CONCLUSION: Pneumoparotid should be considered part of a differential diagnosis in children and adolescents presenting with painless uni- or bilateral swelling of the parotid gland. Supportive and conservative treatment is advocated.

The hospitalized nurse student: the fear of knowledge-the darkness of the unknown.

In this article, we aimed to share the experiences of a nurse student who underwent cancer treatment. We emphasized the struggle of student between the role as a patient and professionalism, which is required by her future career as a nurse.

A cross-sectional comparison study of cognitive and emotional well-being in oral cancer patients.

The main aim of this study was to establish whether oral cancer patients were at risk of long-term problems with adaptation, whilst investigating contributory factors using a framework of Subjective Well-Being. Three samples of patients treated for either oral cancer (n=115); throat cancer (n=47), or benign conditions of the salivary gland (n=33) were recruited into a cross-sectional, postal questionnaire study. A gender and age matched healthy normative sample (n=115) was recruited for comparison purposes. Measures included The Satisfaction with Life Scale, the General Health Survey (SF-12), Life Orientation Test and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Patients with oral cancer demonstrated similar levels of cognitive and emotional well-being as the other samples. Time since treatment and the majority of clinical and treatment related factors had no effect on cognitive and emotional adaptation in any of the patient samples.

[A case of parotidomegaly associated with eating disorders (anorexia/bulimia)]. / Su di un caso di parotidomegalia associata a disordini dell'alimentazione (anoressia/bulimia).

A case of parotidomegaly associated with anorexia is described, and the psychoneurological and etiopathogenetic theories of main feed disorders (anorexia/bulimia) are discussed. Particularly, a rare pathology of maxillofacial interest is presented: parotidomegaly associated with anorexia. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this pathology is discussed.