Rare complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy : bilateral swelling of parotid glands

Gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures are used quite frequently in clinical practice and have very rare compli- cations. Possible complications include ; infections, piercing or tearing of an organ, excessive bleeding, an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic. Swelling of the parotid glands has previously been reported as a rare complication of peroral endoscopy. Mechanism of this is unclear but retention of secretions may cause a blockage of salivary duct or duo to the dehydration secretions can get thicker that oclude salivary gland (1,3). In this article, development of bilateral parotid glands swelling after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is presented.