A retrospective case series illustrating a possible association between a widened hilum and sialolith formation in the submandibular gland.
Zheng LY, Kim E, Yu CQ, Yang C, Park J, Chen ZZ.SourceDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.J Craniomaxillofac Surg.2013 Jan 31. pii: S1010-5182(13)00002-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2013.01.001. [Epub ahead of print]
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore any association between anatomical variances in the ductal system and sialolith formation using sialoendoscopy and acrylic resin replication of the ductal system.METHODS: A retrospective study of 372 submandibular gland sialoendoscopies was perform
Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis or Küttner's tumor associated with a giant sialolith: a case report.
Pandarakalam C, Goebel WM, Seyer B.SourceAssistant Professor, Section of Diagnostic Sciences, Department of Applied Dental Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Alton, Illinois. Electronic address: cpandar@siue.edu.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology.Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol.2013 Jan 8. pii: S2212-4403(12)01645-8. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.10.011. [Epub ahead of print]
Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor [KT]) is a chronic inflammatory salivary gland disease primarily affecting the submandibular gland. Sialolithiasis is considered the most common etiologic factor for KT. We report a case of KT associated with a giant sialolith of the submandibular gl
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic capabilities of two-dimensional sialography with a novel three-dimensional technique using cone beam CT (CBCT).METHODS: 47 subjects underwent parotid or submandibular gland sialography over a 2 year period using both plain imaging and CB
sialolith [si-al´o-lith] a calculus in a salivary gland or duct. si·al·o·lith (sī'ă-lō-lith), A salivary calculus. Synonym(s): ptyalolith [sialo- + G. lithos, stone] sialolith /si·alo·lith/ (si-al´o-lith) a calcareous concretion or calculus in the salivary ...
Images in Clinical Medicine from The New England Journal of Medicine — Passage of a Sialolith ... An otherwise healthy 77-year-old woman was referred to our clinic with a 6-month history of dull pain on the right side of the tongue.