Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma
Sialolithiasis is the most common disease affecting the salivary glands and accounts for 30% of all salivary gland disorders, affecting 0.01 to 1% of the population Submandibular gland being the most common site, with the incidence of intraglandular sialolith much rarer as compared to the intraducta...
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| author | Vishal Mehrotra Parvathidevi V B Thimmarasa Avanti Aggarwal |
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| description | Sialolithiasis is the most common disease affecting the salivary glands and accounts for 30% of all salivary gland disorders, affecting 0.01 to 1% of the population Submandibular gland being the most common site, with the incidence of intraglandular sialolith much rarer as compared to the intraductal ones and they may go undetected for years. Their findings are usually incidental, unless an acute phase is encountered. Here, we present a case report of 26-year-old male patient in whom the intraglandular (submandibular) sialolith was encountered incidentally on the radiographs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c274a7d4ccb4fd3a9d6f574184a0f312022-12-22T01:22:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology0972-13630975-15722011-01-0123328228510.5005/jp-journals-10011-1148Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical DilemmaVishal MehrotraParvathideviV B ThimmarasaAvanti AggarwalSialolithiasis is the most common disease affecting the salivary glands and accounts for 30% of all salivary gland disorders, affecting 0.01 to 1% of the population Submandibular gland being the most common site, with the incidence of intraglandular sialolith much rarer as compared to the intraductal ones and they may go undetected for years. Their findings are usually incidental, unless an acute phase is encountered. Here, we present a case report of 26-year-old male patient in whom the intraglandular (submandibular) sialolith was encountered incidentally on the radiographs.http://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2011;volume=23;issue=3;spage=282;epage=285;aulast=Mehrotra;type=0SialolithiasisIntraglandular sialolithSubmandibular gland |
| spellingShingle | Vishal Mehrotra Parvathidevi V B Thimmarasa Avanti Aggarwal Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology Sialolithiasis Intraglandular sialolith Submandibular gland |
| title | Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma |
| title_full | Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma |
| title_short | Unveiling What Lies Beneath! Intraglandular Sialolith: A Clinical Dilemma |
| title_sort | unveiling what lies beneath intraglandular sialolith a clinical dilemma |
| topic | Sialolithiasis Intraglandular sialolith Submandibular gland |
| url | http://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2011;volume=23;issue=3;spage=282;epage=285;aulast=Mehrotra;type=0 |
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