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Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct obstruction by a sialolith
Sialolithiasis is the presence of calculus within the ductal system of a salivary gland. Among the diagnostic methods are inspection, palpation, checking the amount of saliva secreted and the identification of a sialolith. The authors present the case of a 37-year-old female patient with edema of th...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25387506 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143179 |
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author | Bernardes Filho, Fred Martins, Gustavo Alves, Andreia Oliveira da Costa, José Ronaldo Vieira Azulay, David Rubem Azulay-Abulafia, Luna |
author_facet | Bernardes Filho, Fred Martins, Gustavo Alves, Andreia Oliveira da Costa, José Ronaldo Vieira Azulay, David Rubem Azulay-Abulafia, Luna |
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description | Sialolithiasis is the presence of calculus within the ductal system of a salivary gland. Among the diagnostic methods are inspection, palpation, checking the amount of saliva secreted and the identification of a sialolith. The authors present the case of a 37-year-old female patient with edema of the submandibular area and a bulging sublingual caruncle due to a calculus that obstructed the salivary gland ostium. |
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spelling | pubmed-42306702014-11-14 Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct obstruction by a sialolith Bernardes Filho, Fred Martins, Gustavo Alves, Andreia Oliveira da Costa, José Ronaldo Vieira Azulay, David Rubem Azulay-Abulafia, Luna An Bras Dermatol Case Report Sialolithiasis is the presence of calculus within the ductal system of a salivary gland. Among the diagnostic methods are inspection, palpation, checking the amount of saliva secreted and the identification of a sialolith. The authors present the case of a 37-year-old female patient with edema of the submandibular area and a bulging sublingual caruncle due to a calculus that obstructed the salivary gland ostium. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4230670/ /pubmed/25387506 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143179 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bernardes Filho, Fred Martins, Gustavo Alves, Andreia Oliveira da Costa, José Ronaldo Vieira Azulay, David Rubem Azulay-Abulafia, Luna Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct obstruction by a sialolith |
title | Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
title_full | Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
title_fullStr | Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
title_full_unstemmed | Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
title_short | Rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
title_sort | rigid swelling of sublingual caruncle area due to the salivary gland duct
obstruction by a sialolith |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25387506 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143179 |
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