Salivary stone disease is the most common disease of the salivary glands. They may occur in any of the salivary gland ducts/ glands, but are most common in the submandibular gland, the reason being submandibular secretions are rich in mucus and are secreted against gravity. This report presents clinical and radiographical signs of a large ductal sialolith. Radiographical examination revealed la...

Basal cell adenocarcinoma (BCAC), the malignant counterpart of basal cell adenoma, is a rare salivary gland neoplasm, the most common site being parotid gland. It has been classified as a low-grade tumor with a favourable prognosis. Only a few cases have been reported to occur in submandibular gland. This report describes a case of right submandibular swelling which was diagnosed as a vascular ...

Sialolithiasis stands for the most etiology of salivary gland obstruction which leads to recurrent painful swelling of the involved gland which often increases while eating. Stones may be seen in any of the salivary glands but mostly seen in submandibular gland and its ducts. Here is a case of 57 years old male patient who had a giant submandibular sialolith which led to erosion of the floor of...

The head and neck is a complex anatomical region that can be evaluated using many imaging modalities. It is important to discern normal structures from ones that are affected by disease and to study how these structures change in their morphological and functional properties with aging. Therefore, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we retrospectively evaluated volumes of the parotid glands...

INTRODUCTION Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in the salivary glands is rare. We report a second case of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the submandibular gland diagnosed at autopsy, and a review of the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 68-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital for thorough investigation of swelling on the right side of his neck. Fine-needle aspiration cyt...

Salivary calculi occur most frequently in the submandibular gland of the human beings. It is because of the specific anatomy of both the glands and its duct. Presentation typically consists of a painful swelling of the gland at meal times, when the effect of obstruction is most acute. The clinical signs, in most of times, can lead us to the diagnosis easily. The coexistence of sialolith and mal...

Human submandibular/sublingual gland secretions contain a multimeric high molecular weight mucin (MG1) and a monomeric low molecular weight mucin (MG2). MG2 is the product of the MUC7 gene, whereas the gene for MG1 has not been identified. Previously, we isolated a clone (pSM2-1) from a human sublingual gland cDNA expression library using an antibody against deglycosylated MG1 (Troxler et al., ...

Salivary duct carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive malignant neoplasm that frequently metastasises to other organs, but cutaneous metastasis is uncommon. There are only 6 cases reported in the literature with metastases to the skin and in all cases the tumour originates from the parotid gland. We present a case of skin metastases from the submandibular gland that was mistaken for basal cel...

OBJECTIVES To review the findings of the patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) having technetium99-m-pertechnetate (99mTc-pertechnetate) and gallium67- citrate (Ga-67) salivary gland scintigraphy in the past eight years. METHODS The patients with SS, who were referred to our department for salivary gland scintigraphy during January -2008December 2015 were studied using both 99mTc-pertechnetat...

Introduction: Trauma of the salivary glands is rare, as penetrating traumas account for the majority of them. Few cases of blunt trauma of the submandibular glands are reported in the literature. Delayed presentation and airway compromise are the main concerns. Radiologic imaging is essential for diagnosis, where emergency physicians can diagnose with bedside ultrasonography. Case Report: A 38-...