Madurai: A pet dog underwent surgery for salivary mucocele, a condition involving swollen salivary gland resulting in saliva leaking into surrounding tissues. A team of govt veterinary surgeons ...

Salivary mucocele in dogs is a swelling caused by saliva leaking from a damaged salivary gland or duct into surrounding ... next 25 days to ensure that the infection subsides completely, ...

Acute viral parotitis occurs from a viral infection. Most often, the cause is mumps, a contagious paramyxovirus characterized ...

Aggressive external massage of the parotid gland is advised to milk out the retained saliva, increase salivary lavage, and flush out ductal debris (Fig. 7). Antibiotics may be used if infection is ...