Vijay V, Newman R, Bebawi M A, Godfrey H G
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Program B, North General Hospital, New York, N.Y., USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1995 Apr;79(4):449-51. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(05)80125-8.
The presence of noncaseating granulomas in salivary tissue is a specific feature of sarcoidosis. We document the case of a healthy woman who presented with a sarcoid ranula of the sublingual salivary gland without any other manifestations of the disease. This sarcoid ranula subsequently progressed to symptomatic widespread sarcoidosis in a span of 7 months. An asymptomatic sarcoid ranula may thus possibly represent a precursor to widespread sarcoidosis.
唾液腺组织中出现非干酪样肉芽肿是结节病的一个特异性特征。我们记录了一例健康女性病例，该患者表现为舌下唾液腺的结节性舌下囊肿，无该疾病的任何其他表现。这个结节性舌下囊肿随后在7个月内进展为有症状的广泛性结节病。因此，无症状的结节性舌下囊肿可能是广泛性结节病的先兆。
