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What is known on this subject?Acute suppurative parotitis (ASP) in the neonatal period is a rare phenomenon characterized by swelling, pain, and erythema over the parotis gland. What this case report adds?Although rare, ASP should be suspected in patients diagnosed with late-onset sepsis with erythematous preauricular mass with or without any predisposing factors.
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