Bilateral Candidal abscess of the parotid gland: A case report and literature review.

We report the case of a 75-year-old diabetic man who developed a bilateral abscess of the parotid gland. Although a bacterial parotitis was first suspected, cultures of fine-needle aspiration identified Candida albicans as the causal agent. Failure of medical treatment led us to perform a surgical drainage of the right abscess. The patient was then treated with oral fluconazole for 6 weeks, with complete recovery during follow-up. Of interest, the patient had a history of right superficial parotidectomy for a benign tumor 30 years ago. Despite the high prevalence of oral carriage, fungal abscesses of the parotid gland are extremely rare and have only been reported in a few cases. This might be due to the fungal toxicity of the salivary proteins, like histatins. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a Candida albicans abscess of the parotid gland developed bilaterally.

Benign recurrent vestibulopathy: MRI and vestibular tests results in a series of 128 cases.

PURPOSE: Benign recurrent vestibulopathy is a recent entity, close to probable Meniere's disease and vestibular-migraine. So far, no study has systematically investigated the presence of endolymphatic hydrops of the lateral semicircular canal in benign recurrent vestibulopathy using magnetic resonance imaging. The aim of this study was to determine magnetic resonance imaging data and vestibular test results in patients with benign recurrent vestibulopathy. METHODS: 128 patients with benign recurrent vestibulopathy included since 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients had magnetic resonance imaging with a delayed acquisition, audiogram, head shaking test, caloric-test, skull-vibration-induced-nystagmus-test, video-head- impulse-test, and vestibular evoked myogenic potential. Endolymphatic hydrops presence was classified into four categories: cochlear, saccular, lateral semicircular canal and association with saccule. RESULTS: In benign reccurent vestibulopathy, 23% of cases showed an endolymphatic hydrops on magnetic resonance imaging, more frequently located in the lateral semicircular canal (59%) and related to the disease duration. The most often impaired tests were caloric-test (49%) with fluctuations of hypofunction in 67% and skull-vibration-induced-nystagmus-test (61%). No correlation between the caloric-test and the presence and location of the endolymphatic hydrops was observed. CONCLUSION: In our series of benign reccurent vestibulopathy, a rare endolymphatic hydrops was most often observed for the lateral semicircular canal and correlated with the seniority of the pathology. Hydrops identified at the magnetic resonance imaging was not correlated with the caloric-test results. Skull-vibration-induced-nystagmus-test and caloric-test were the most often modified vestibular tests.