Salivary tuberculosis

Salivary tuberculosis (tuberculosis of salivary gland) is caused by tuberculosis bacteria on the skin of the head, face, and oropharynx. It is caused by primary or secondary infection, and the lymphatic tuberculosis of the parotid gland caused by lymphatic drainage is broken and invades the gland Parotid parenchyma is a rare salivary gland infection. Depaoli first reported salivary tuberculosis in 1893, and cases have continued to be reported since.

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