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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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Autores principales: Bernardes Filho, Fred, Martins, Gustavo, Alves, Andreia Oliveira, da Costa, José Ronaldo Vieira, Azulay, David Rubem, Azulay-Abulafia, Luna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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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
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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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