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Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child
Sialolithiasis is a commonly encountered disease of the salivary glands, reported to represent up to 30% of all salivary gland diseases. However, the condition is rarely encountered in the pediatric population. The formation of a salivary stone is believed to be secondary to the deposition of calciu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489575 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12163 |
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author | Thong, How Kit Mohamad Mahbob, Hafiz Sabir Husin Athar, Primuharsa Putra Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam |
author_facet | Thong, How Kit Mohamad Mahbob, Hafiz Sabir Husin Athar, Primuharsa Putra Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam |
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description | Sialolithiasis is a commonly encountered disease of the salivary glands, reported to represent up to 30% of all salivary gland diseases. However, the condition is rarely encountered in the pediatric population. The formation of a salivary stone is believed to be secondary to the deposition of calcium salts around a nidus. The formation of a nidus is commonly associated with desquamated epithelial or sloughing from a recent bacterial infection. Patients with submandibular sialolithiasis usually present with acute swelling over the neck associated with pain, fever, and purulent intraoral discharge. Neglected and poorly treated acute infection may progress to life-threatening abscess formation. Here we are describing our encounter with a 10-year-old boy with recurrent submandibular sialolithiasis. He was initially treated with conservative measures and antibiotics regimen. Failure of medical treatment and recurring symptoms led to submandibular gland excision followed by a full recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-78139802021-01-22 Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child Thong, How Kit Mohamad Mahbob, Hafiz Sabir Husin Athar, Primuharsa Putra Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam Cureus Otolaryngology Sialolithiasis is a commonly encountered disease of the salivary glands, reported to represent up to 30% of all salivary gland diseases. However, the condition is rarely encountered in the pediatric population. The formation of a salivary stone is believed to be secondary to the deposition of calcium salts around a nidus. The formation of a nidus is commonly associated with desquamated epithelial or sloughing from a recent bacterial infection. Patients with submandibular sialolithiasis usually present with acute swelling over the neck associated with pain, fever, and purulent intraoral discharge. Neglected and poorly treated acute infection may progress to life-threatening abscess formation. Here we are describing our encounter with a 10-year-old boy with recurrent submandibular sialolithiasis. He was initially treated with conservative measures and antibiotics regimen. Failure of medical treatment and recurring symptoms led to submandibular gland excision followed by a full recovery. Cureus 2020-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7813980/ /pubmed/33489575 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12163 Text en Copyright © 2020, Thong et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Otolaryngology Thong, How Kit Mohamad Mahbob, Hafiz Sabir Husin Athar, Primuharsa Putra Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title | Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title_full | Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title_fullStr | Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title_short | Recurrent Submandibular Sialolithiasis in a Child |
title_sort | recurrent submandibular sialolithiasis in a child |
topic | Otolaryngology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489575 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12163 |
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