Yilmaz Mustafa Deniz, Yücel Aylin, Dereköy Sefa, Altuntaş Ali
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar Mah Osman Attila Cad, no 11/3, Afyon, Turkey.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2002 Nov;259(10):554-6. doi: 10.1007/s00405-002-0492-8. Epub 2002 Jun 26.
The congenital absence of major salivary glands is an extremely rare disorder. In this case, we report a 32-year-old woman who came to us with right submandibular gland aplasia, which was detected incidentally. The literature on this rare occurrence is reviewed and the significance of the patient is discussed.
先天性大唾液腺缺失是一种极其罕见的疾病。在本病例中,我们报告一名32岁女性,她因右侧下颌下腺发育不全前来就诊,该情况是偶然发现的。本文回顾了关于这一罕见病例的文献,并讨论了该患者情况的意义。