Salivary gland diseases

Salivary gland diseases are divided into 2 groups. They are:

1. tumor diseases (benign tumors, malignant tumors, possibly also so-called pseudotumors - cysts and pseudocysts);
2. non-cancerous diseases (sialoadenitis, sialolithiasis, sialoadenosis).

Investigative methods [ edit | edit source ]

• medical history ,
• physical examination (aspect and palpation),
• USG, USG + FNAB (fine needle aspiration biopsy),
• sialography to show contrast sialolithiasis,
• CT,
• 

  Salivary glands : 1st gl. parotid , 2nd gl. submandibularis , 3rd gl. sublingualis
  MRI.

Developmental defects

• aplasia of one or more glands, rarely all salivary glands are missing,
• duplication or anomalous outlet of the salivary glands.

Functional disorders

• sialorrhea – excessive production of saliva,
• hyposialia – decreased production of saliva.

Tumor diseases

• Benign salivary gland tumors
• Malignant tumors of the salivary glands

Non-cancer diseases

• Sialoadenitida
• Sialolithiasis
• Sialoadenosis

Links

Related Articles

• Salivary glands
• Saliva

Source

• BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. ©2007. [cit. 2009]. <http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/orl_jb.doc>.

• HAHN, Aleš, et al. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie v současné praxi. 1. edition. Praha : Grada, 2007. 390 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-0529-3.

References

• KLOZAR, Jan, et al. Speciální otorinolaryngologie. 1. edition. Praha : Galén, 2005. 224 pp. ISBN 80-7262-346-X.

• KILIAN, Jan. Prevence ve stomatologii. 2. edition. Praha : Galén, 1999. ISBN 80-7262-022-3.