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From: Massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to acute postoperative sialadenitis or "anesthesia mumps": a case report

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Enhanced computed tomography (a; 7 hours after the end of surgery) and T1 fat-suppressed magnetic resonance (b; 3rd postoperative day) axial scans of the neck. The left submandibular gland (arrows) is enlarged, with increased vascularization. The lobular architecture of the gland is conserved and no salivary stones or ductal dilations are evident. A phlegmon is present in the left submandibular space, with obliteration of the fat planes and involvement of the subcutaneous fat. The larynx and trachea are compressed around the tracheal tube (arrowheads) and dislocated to the right side.

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