Tuesday, 20 October 2015

anoroxia nervosa

   A young female patient  presented with swollen parotid glands and appeared to have generalized skeletal muscle wastage and dental erosion, which of the following condition would be suspected.
a. Malabsorption syndrome        b. anoroxia nervosa

c. osteomalacia                           d. none of the above


Correct Ans B: Sialosis (sialadenosis) implies a painless, non-inflammatory, non-neoplastic swelling of the salivary glands ,it may also occur in hormonal abnormalities (diabetes mellitus, acromegaly) and in nutritional deficiency states, including anorexia nervosa and chronic alcoholism  


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