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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Parotid gland swelling after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Sangey C Lamtha, Uma Rai, Parvez T Hassan
Department of Gastroenterology, Central Referral Hospital, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Correspondence Address:
Sangey C Lamtha
Department of Gastroenterology, Central Referral Hospital, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok - 737 101, Sikkim
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_331_18
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Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy is a routine procedure done in field of gastroenterology. It is a safe procedure which can be done with or without sedation with rare post procedure complications. Our case illustrates that parotid gland swelling is a uncommon event post upper g.i endoscopy and it a benign event which resolves on its own.
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