Izolowane zapalenie ślinianki przyusznej u dwojga niemowlÄ t z wrodzonym zakażeniem wirusem cytomegalii

The main cause of salivary glands swelling in children is acute inflammation (usually viral), sialolithiasis and tumors. The most common viral infection is parotitis epidemica caused by paramyxoviruses, then cytomegalovirus infection. Cytomegalovirus is the major cause of congenital viral infections, but isolated inflammatory salivary gland disease in the course of intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection is very rare. The article discusses the clinical course of cytomegalovirus infection in two patients with congenital enlargement of parotid gland, in which despite the use of antiviral treatment the local improvement was not achieved.