Palaskar Jayant, Palaskar Sangeeta, Joshi Nikhil
Department of Prosthodontics, Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital, Pune - 411 041, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2012 May-Jun;23(3):411-4. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.102242.
The presence of multiple sialoliths (calculi) in parotid duct is considered extremely rare. Parotid duct sialoliths are usually small and single. Multiple calculi formation, in any case, is an uncommon finding in the salivary glands. Salivary lithiasis is comparatively common in the Wharton's duct due to its tortuous ascending course and chemical composition of saliva of submandibular gland. The mechanism of sialolith formation in Down's syndrome patients is not completely known, and there are seldom cases reported in the literature available. The present case report is a very rare combination of a Down's syndrome with multiple sialoliths in Stenson's duct of left parotid gland in a 21 year old male patient.
腮腺导管中存在多个涎石（结石）被认为极为罕见。腮腺导管涎石通常较小且为单个。无论如何，多个结石形成在唾液腺中是不常见的发现。由于下颌下腺导管走行迂曲以及下颌下腺唾液的化学成分，涎石病在沃顿导管中相对常见。唐氏综合征患者涎石形成的机制尚不完全清楚，且文献中报道的病例很少。本病例报告是一名21岁男性患者，唐氏综合征合并左腮腺斯滕森导管多个涎石，这种情况非常罕见。
