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Parotiditis bilateral: una complicación postoperatoria rara de la anestesia general

Kristiana Paula Ramate¹, Martins Ansons^1,2, Jevgenija Solovjova³

¹Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Clinical Simulations, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia.

BMJ case reports

|December 31, 2025

Resumen

La parotiditis postquirúrgica, una complicación rara, se presenta como hinchazón aguda de las glándulas salivales después de la cirugía. Este informe de caso detalla su manejo y posibles causas en una paciente sometida a miomectomía uterina.

Área de la Ciencia:

Anestesiología
Complicaciones Quirúrgicas
Endocrinología

Sus antecedentes:

La parotiditis postquirúrgica es una complicación poco común caracterizada por hinchazón de las glándulas salivales de etiología incierta.
La miomectomía uterina es un procedimiento quirúrgico para extirpar fibromas uterinos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Analizar el manejo y las posibles causas de la parotiditis postquirúrgica.
Informar un caso de parotiditis postquirúrgica después de una miomectomía uterina.

Principales métodos:

Informe de caso de una paciente femenina sometida a laparotomía electiva y miomectomía.
Revisión de agentes anestésicos, eventos intraoperatorios y complicaciones postoperatorias.
Manejo sintomático de la hinchazón bilateral de la glándula parótida.

Principales resultados:

La paciente desarrolló hinchazón bilateral de la glándula parótida después de la extubación.
La hinchazón se resolvió en una semana con manejo sintomático.
No se requirió soporte respiratorio y la paciente se mantuvo estable.

Conclusiones:

La parotiditis postquirúrgica puede ocurrir después de la cirugía ginecológica.
El manejo sintomático es efectivo para resolver la parotiditis postquirúrgica.
Se justifica una mayor investigación sobre el origen poco claro de la parotiditis postquirúrgica.

Palabras clave:

Anestesia Tratamiento farmacológico relacionado con la cirugía Otorrinolaringología

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