Resident, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT.
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut; Visiting Assistant Professor, Tufts University, Boston, MA; and Private Practice, Avon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Avon, CT.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2014 Jan;117(1):e9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.03.020. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
Sialoliths are a common cause of salivary gland obstruction, usually affecting the submandibular gland. Although many theories are postulated for their formation (dehydration, medications that reduce salivary flow, increased salivary viscosity), no one aspect is clearly the primary etiology. This case report details an unusual case in which a facial hair of the patient apparently became entrapped in Wharton's duct, causing a nidus for the formation of a sialolith.
涎石病是唾液腺阻塞的常见原因，通常影响下颌下腺。尽管有许多理论推测其形成原因（脱水、减少唾液分泌的药物、唾液粘稠度增加），但没有一个方面是明确的主要病因。本病例报告详细介绍了一个不寻常的病例，患者的一根面部毛发显然被困在沃顿管内，成为涎石形成的核心。
