[The clinico-morphological characteristics of sarcoid sialoadenitis].

Eight patients with sarcoidosis of the parotid salivary gland and submandibular area were examined. Primary involvement of the intra- or intra- and extraglandular lymph nodes with a probable secondary involvement of the salivary gland parenchyma was detected. Clinical, x-ray, and cytological findings were nonspecific, typical rather of a tumor of chronic sialadenitis. Histological findings were decisive for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.