Salivary mucocele is a common lesion derived from minor salivary glands with various surgical or nonsurgical treatment modalities. To evaluate the effect of a highly potent corticosteroid (dexamethasone) in the management of salivary mucocele, we performed intralesional injection of dexamethasone in nine patients with labial mucocele. Complete healing of lesions observed in seven of nine patien...

I N addition to the principal imaginal discs (cephalic, labial, wing, haltere, leg and genital), the larva in Cyclorrhapha carries as discrete components the rudiments of the imaginal segmental abdominal hypodermis, salivary glands, fore-, midand hind-gut, lateral cerebral ganglia and segmental tracheal system (Snodgrass, 1924; Bodenstein, 1950; Shatoury, 19566; Anderson, 1964, etc.). The embry...

Zygotylenchus gansuensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from the rhizosphere of jujube (Zizyphus jujuba Mill.) based on morphology and molecular analyses. This new species is characterized by a low and flattened labial region with three annuli, stylet 14.1±0.5 (13.0-14.9) μm long, deirids absent, five lateral lines in the vulval region, pharyngeal glands overlapping ventrally or ventrolate...

I N addition to the principal imaginal discs (cephalic, labial, wing, haltere, leg and genital), the larva in Cyclorrhapha carries as discrete components the rudiments of the imaginal segmental abdominal hypodermis, salivary glands, fore-, midand hind-gut, lateral cerebral ganglia and segmental tracheal system (Snodgrass, 1924; Bodenstein, 1950; Shatoury, 19566; Anderson, 1964, etc.). The embry...

Cheilitis glandularis (CG) is a rare disorder characterized by swelling of the lip with hyperplasia of the labial salivary glands. CG is most frequently encountered in the lower lip, in middle-aged to older Caucasian men; however Asian cases were rarely reported. In this paper we present two cases of CG in Asian-Japanese men. One was a 23-year-old male with CG of the superficial suppurative typ...

INTRODUCTION Since the genus Rhynchosciara belongs, like Chironomus, to the suborder Nematocera it will be very interesting to see if the formation of its salivary secretion proteins is similar to that of Chironomus secretion or to Bombyx silk biosynthesis . Moreover, this work will be of importance for a better understanding of the hemolymph protein function and will provide a basis for improv...

OBJECTIVE To compare the reliability of two different labial salivary gland biopsy (LSGB) incision techniques (vertical versus horizontal incision techniques) and to report the related complications and discomfort. STUDY DESIGN 163 patients who underwent LSGB were included in this study. Patients were randomly divided as vertical incision group (n=81) and horizontal incision group (n=82). Dem...

Using a combined cytophotometric-autoradiographic technique, the authors have detected in the snake Xenodon merremii an acid polysaccharidic complex in the serous acinar cells of upper labial salivary gland, the mucous cells of the excretory duct of Duvernoy's gland, the goblet cells of large intestine and intercellular matrix of tracheal cartilage. In a previous study, this same technique fail...

Salivary mucins, encoded by the MUC5B gene, make up a heterogeneous family of molecules, which are secreted by several glands, including the submandibular, sublingual, and palatine glands. Previous studies have shown that heterogeneity in the salivary mucin population is related to its multiglandular origin. In the present study we address the question to what extent the mucin (MUC5B) populatio...

INTRODUCTION Since the genus Rhynchosciara belongs, like Chironomus, to the suborder Nematocera it will be very interesting to see if the formation of its salivary secretion proteins is similar to that of Chironomus secretion or to Bombyx silk biosynthesis . Moreover, this work will be of importance for a better understanding of the hemolymph protein function and will provide a basis for improv...