Kim D, Uy C, Mandel L
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, USA.
N Y State Dent J. 1998 Aug-Sep;64(7):38-40.
Sialosis (sialadenosis) is defined as an asymptomatic, non-inflammatory, non-neoplastic parenchymal salivary gland disease accompanied by a persistent painless bilateral swelling of the salivary glands, most commonly involving the parotid glands. There is no sex predilection, and the peak age incidence is between 30 and 70 years of age. Sialosis occurs in three different groups of patients: alcoholics, diabetics and the malnourished. An autonomic neuropathy, seen as a demyelinating polyneuropathy, seems to be the common underlying basis for this seemingly disparate group of patients with sialosis.
涎腺肿大症（涎腺增生症）被定义为一种无症状、非炎症性、非肿瘤性的涎腺实质疾病，伴有涎腺持续性无痛性双侧肿大，最常累及腮腺。本病无性别倾向，发病高峰年龄在30至70岁之间。涎腺肿大症发生于三组不同的患者：酗酒者、糖尿病患者和营养不良者。一种被视为脱髓鞘性多发性神经病的自主神经病变似乎是这组看似不同的涎腺肿大症患者的共同潜在病因。
