Olimpo Matteo, Ferraris Erica Ilaria, Parisi Lorenza, Buracco Paolo, Rizzo Sara Gioele, Giacobino Davide, Degiovanni Andrea, Maniscalco Lorella, Morello Emanuela
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2023 May 5;13(9):1550. doi: 10.3390/ani13091550.
Saliva is an irritant of the subcutaneous tissue, thus causing the development of a non-epithelial reactive pseudocapsule. Metaplastic ossification of the pseudocapsule is a condition rarely described in the veterinary literature. The main causes of calcification are trauma, tumours, various chronic inflammatory conditions and . The aim of the present case series was to describe three dogs affected by a calcified salivary mucocele. The medical records of dogs affected by a cervical sialocele were retrospectively evaluated, and three cases met the inclusion criteria. All the dogs in this study were referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Turin (Turin, Italy) for a large solid mass in the intermandibular region. The diagnosis of a mucocele was confirmed clinically by centesis and by radiography or CT. Complete excision of both the pseudocyst and the ipsilateral mandibular/monostomatic sublingual salivary gland was performed in all cases. The histological report showed large areas of bone metaplasia within the pseudocapsule and chronic sialadenitis. Based on this limited case series, complete excision of the pseudocyst and a concurrent sialoadenectomy provided an effective treatment for this rare salivary mucocele disorder.
唾液是皮下组织的刺激物，从而导致非上皮性反应性假包膜的形成。假包膜的化生骨化是兽医文献中很少描述的一种情况。钙化的主要原因是创伤、肿瘤、各种慢性炎症性疾病等。本病例系列的目的是描述三只患有钙化唾液黏液囊肿的犬。对患有颈部唾液囊肿的犬的病历进行回顾性评估，有三例符合纳入标准。本研究中的所有犬均因下颌间区域出现大的实性肿块而被转诊至意大利都灵大学兽医学院兽医教学医院（VTH）。通过穿刺以及X线摄影或CT在临床上确诊为黏液囊肿。所有病例均对假囊肿和同侧下颌/单口舌下唾液腺进行了完整切除。组织学报告显示假包膜内有大面积的骨化生以及慢性涎腺炎。基于这个有限的病例系列，完整切除假囊肿并同时进行涎腺切除术为这种罕见的唾液黏液囊肿疾病提供了有效的治疗方法。
