[The outcomes of chronic parenchymatous parotitis in children]

Time course of the process was examined in 16 patients with chronic parenchymatous parotitis. The follow-up started in children and was proceeded in adults, thus permitting an answer to the problem of parenchymatous parotitis outcome. Dynamic sialographic studies have shown that the process in the gland may develop in three directions, i.e. improvement, deterioration, or stabilization. Positive changes were the most manifest in the initial stage of the disease and not manifest in the late one. The authors' findings help predict the course of parotitis and outcome of the changes in the parotid gland in children.