An Unusual Entity of Sarcoidosis: Acute Parotitis

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a rare systemic granulamatous disease of unknown etiology that may effect many organ and system, mainly lungs. This disease is rare in children. Sarcoidosis is staging contingent on posterior-anterior chest x-ray. Stage III rarely occurs. In generally, sarcoidosis in children is diagnosed by extrapulmonary organ involvement. We presented hereby a rare case of sarcoidosis stage III diagnosed in a child patient with acute parotitis and reviewed the relevant literature.