Subtypes

Parotid enlargement

May Be Caused by

 Common

Abscess

Acinic cell tumor

Acute suppurative sialadenitis

Adenocarcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Hemangioma

Lipoma

Lymphangioma

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Mumps

Oncocytoma

Pleomorphic adenoma

Salivary duct stone

Trauma

Warthin tumor

 Uncommon

Actinomycosis

Acute parotitis

Alcoholism

Allergy

Atypical mycobacterial infection

Branchial cleft cyst

Cat-scratch disease

Chronic punctate sialadenitis

Cirrhosis

Cystic fibrosis

Dermoid cyst

Diabetes mellitus

Drug reaction

Hormonal disturbance

Hypothyroidism

Idiopathic salivary gland enlargement

Intraparotid lymph node

Kwashiorkor

Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy of parotid

Lymphoepithelial cyst

Lymphoproliferative disorder

Malnutrition

Melanoma

Metastasis

Mikulicz syndrome

Mucocele

Mucous retention cyst

Pregnancy

Radiation therapy

Ranula

Recurrent pyogenic parotitis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Salivary duct stricture

Sarcoidosis

Scleroderma

Sialodochitis

Sialodochitis fibrinosa

Sjögren syndrome

Squamous cell carcinoma

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Tuberculosis

Wegener granulomatosis