Abstract
Eight cases of bilateral parotid gland swelling were observed during and after endotracheal anesthesia.
The patients were 3 males and 5 females and their ages ranged from 48 to 75 years, with an average of 62.6 years of age.
In the most of the cases swellings were found immediately after extubation.
These swellings disappeared without any paticular treatment within the third day, except one case in which the swelling remained for more than a month.
In this series the incidence of parotid gland swelling was eight in 927 endotracheal anesthesia, being approximately 0.86 percent of the total cases.
Parotid gland swelling occurs at a higher rate more than expected.
