COVID-19 Associated Parotitis in Pediatrics

Abstract

As cases for the COVID-19 pandemic increase, the presence of atypical presentations’ becoming more prevalent which may reflect the pathogenesis and nature of the disease; this is quintessential for clinicians to understand the disease to combat the pandemic effectively. Here we present an atypical COVID-19-associated parotitis in a 7 year old boy along with some differences between the different causes of parotitis as well as a possible explanation for the infection.