Mumps physical examination
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Nate Michalak, B.A.
Overview
Physical Examination
Vital Signs
- Low-grade fever
HEENT
- Tender, edematous salivary glands
- Swollen parotid gland (90% of patients)
- Swollen submandibular and sublingual glands (10% of patients)
- Swelling pushes angle of ear up and out
- Jawbone below ear often not visible or palpable at peak inflammation
- Patients may present with unilateral parotitis
- One parotid may swell before other
- 25% of patients only have unilateral swelling
- Lymph node swelling can be differentiated by well-defined borders of the lymph nodes, location behind the angle of the jawbone, and lack of the ear protrusion or obscuring of the jaw angle
Skin
Gallery
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Child with parotitis. Adapted from the CDC.[1]