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Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape

Giant sialoliths are classified as those exceeding 15 mm in any one dimension. Although, large sialoliths have been described in the body of salivary glands, they are rarely found in the salivary ducts, particularly when the patients have no painful symptoms. Sialolithiasis is one of the most common...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Anand, Rattan, Divey, Gupta, Ruchita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.111599
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description Giant sialoliths are classified as those exceeding 15 mm in any one dimension. Although, large sialoliths have been described in the body of salivary glands, they are rarely found in the salivary ducts, particularly when the patients have no painful symptoms. Sialolithiasis is one of the most common diseases of the salivary glands in middle-aged patients and approximately 80% of all reported cases of sialoliths occur in the submandibular gland. Here, we report two cases of giant sialolith of submandibular gland duct. Interestingly, sialolith found in one of our cases had an unusual similarity with the canine tooth and mimicking it in both size and shape. In both cases the calculus was removed surgically via intraoral approach. No recurrence was seen in any of the cases on follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-37037012013-07-12 Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape Gupta, Anand Rattan, Divey Gupta, Ruchita Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Giant sialoliths are classified as those exceeding 15 mm in any one dimension. Although, large sialoliths have been described in the body of salivary glands, they are rarely found in the salivary ducts, particularly when the patients have no painful symptoms. Sialolithiasis is one of the most common diseases of the salivary glands in middle-aged patients and approximately 80% of all reported cases of sialoliths occur in the submandibular gland. Here, we report two cases of giant sialolith of submandibular gland duct. Interestingly, sialolith found in one of our cases had an unusual similarity with the canine tooth and mimicking it in both size and shape. In both cases the calculus was removed surgically via intraoral approach. No recurrence was seen in any of the cases on follow-up. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3703701/ /pubmed/23853458 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.111599 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title_full Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title_fullStr Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title_full_unstemmed Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title_short Giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: Report of two cases with unusual shape
title_sort giant sialoliths of submandibular gland duct: report of two cases with unusual shape
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.111599
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