[Extra-salivatory glands manifestations of mumps--own observations]

A total of 808 patients with extra-salivary glands manifestations of mumps were treated in the Department of Infectious Diseases, Bytom, Silesian University Medical School in the period of 1985-2001. Mumps meningitis, testicular involvement (epidydymo-orchitis), and mild mumps pancreatitis were diagnosed in 762 (529 male; 69.4%), 24, and 22 (14 male; 63.6%) patients respectively. The patients' age ranged from 2 to 53 years. Mumps virus infection was the reason of transient (behavior disorders, cognition functions impairment) and permanent (hypoacusis, deafness) sequelae of the disease.