Mumps

Clinical Features

Patient before (left) and after (right) being infected with Mumps.

Child with mumps.

Differential Diagnosis

Bilateral Parotitis

• Viral infections
  • Viral parotitis
  • Parainfluenza
  • Coxsackie virus
  • influenza A
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • Adenovirus
  • HIV
  • Cytomegalovirus
• Bacterial infections
  • Staphylococcus aureus
• Noninfectious
  • Salivary calculi
  • Tumors
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Sjögren’s syndrome
  • Thiazide diuretics

Facial Swelling

• Buccal space infections
• Dental problems
• Canine space infection
• Facial cellulitis
• Herpes zoster
• Masticator space infections
• Maxillofacial trauma
• Neoplasm
• Parapharyngeal space infection
• Salivary gland diagnoses
  • Parotitis
    • Bilateral parotitis
    • Suppurative parotitis
    • Viral parotitis (Mumps)
  • Ranula
  • Sialoadenitis
  • Sialolithiasis
• Superior vena cava syndrome

Testicular Diagnoses

• Scrotal cellulitis
• Epididymitis
• Fournier gangrene
• Hematocele
• Hydrocele
  • Hydrocele (peds)
• Indirect inguinal hernia
• Inguinal lymph node (Lymphadenitis)
• Orchitis
• Scrotal abscess
• Spermatocele
• Tinea cruris
• Testicular rupture
• Testicular torsion
• Testicular trauma
• Testicular tumor
• Torsion of testicular appendage
• Varicocele
• Pyocele
• Testicular malignancy
• Scrotal wall hematoma

See Also

• Viral parotitis
• Orchitis