Kuttner Lesion – Summary
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I'd like to just take a moment to describe
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the entity of the Küttner lesion.
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This is a lesion that mimics a mass, usually in
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the parotid gland or submandibular glands,
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more commonly in the submandibular gland,
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but my example is in the parotid gland.
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This is also known as chronic sclerosing sialadenitis,
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so a process that's been there for a while,
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and yet it occurs in children more
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commonly than in adults.
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So it's a benign inflammatory condition, mimicking a
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malignant neoplasm,
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because it presents as a hard mass.
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And that hard mass is basically sclerosing fibrotic
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inflammatory tissue. This lesion,
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which, for all the world looks like, it's going
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to be a neoplasm and is well-defined mass,
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was aspirated on numerous occasions and was taken out
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and turned out to be chronic sclerosing
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sialadenitis of the parotid gland.
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So, an interesting entity of a foia, a potential pitfall,
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a mass-like inflammatory condition in children
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known as the Küttner lesion.
David M Yousem, MD, MBA
Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean
Johns Hopkins University
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