Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby will return to the team's lineup on Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche after overcoming a case of the mumps.
Veteran Penguins beat writer Shelly Anderson had the report:
Crosby is one of a growing number of players around the NHL who've been diagnosed with the contagious disease. The Penguins originally kept him sidelined as a precaution while awaiting further test results before it was confirmed he was infected.
Kevin Allen of USA Today passed along comments from Pittsburgh team doctor Dharmesh Vyas, who said it was an abnormal situation. He pointed out the league's biggest star was current with his immunizations and also received a booster shot while getting ready for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Furthermore, he didn't display the typical appearance of a mumps patient.
"He didn't have the classic presentation of mumps," Vyas said. "The majority of mumps is bilateral. It's on both sides of the face, and again, at that time when we saw him and tested him, it was just one-sided."
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Sidney Crosby Returns to Lineup After Being Diagnosed with Mumps
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