Eyigor Hulya, Osma Ustun, Yılmaz Mustafa Deniz, Selcuk Omer Tarik
Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Am J Case Rep. 2012;13:44-6. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.882599. Epub 2012 Mar 20.
Sialolithiasis is a common disease of the major salivary glands, but it is rarely seen in the sublingual gland. Patients commonly experience pain and/or swelling, but dysphagia is presented in extended lesions.
In this report we present a 67-year-old woman who had 268 sialoliths in the sublingual gland, forming a huge mass and causing dysphagia. The diameter of the largest sialolith was approximately 4 mm. The diagnosis of sialolithiasis was confirmed pathologically.
Multiple sublingual gland sialoliths are considered rare; they may cause symptoms like dysphagia and speech difficulty. To our knowledge our patient had more sialoliths in a sublingual gland than any previous reports in the literature.
涎石病是主要唾液腺的常见疾病,但在舌下腺中很少见。患者通常会经历疼痛和/或肿胀,但病变扩展时会出现吞咽困难。
在本报告中,我们介绍了一名67岁女性,其舌下腺有268颗涎石,形成巨大肿块并导致吞咽困难。最大涎石的直径约为4毫米。涎石病的诊断经病理证实。
多发性舌下腺涎石被认为很罕见;它们可能导致吞咽困难和言语困难等症状。据我们所知,我们的患者舌下腺中的涎石比文献中以往任何报告的都要多。