Dear Editor, Salivary duct carcinomas (SDC) are primarily high-grade, aggressive malignancies that affect men in the fi fth and sixth decades of life. These tumours are primarily found in the major salivary glands, especially parotid and are rarely from minor salivary glands. If it involves the minor salivary gland, the most common reported sites include the paranasal sinuses and intraoral cavi...

same diagnosis probably applied to another 59 patients. Features suggesting a diagnosis of calculus included age (greater than 29 years); duration of the attacks of pain (less than 24 hours); cessation of salivation on the affected side; and a spurt of saliva heralding the relief of symptoms. Only three patients in the definite calculus group (8.3 %) had no physical signs. However, had physical...

BACKGROUND Pneumoparotid is a rare cause of parotid enlargement. Pneumatic enlargement of the gland is caused by retrograde insufflation via Stensen's duct. Most reported cases have been managed conservatively, thus running a short course. METHODS AND RESULTS We report on a case of a 48-year-old man with a chronic painful right facial swelling and symptoms of repeated infection. Clinical exam...

Salivary duct carcinoma is a very rare, highly-malignant epithelial tumour. We present a case of a 75-year-old man with a rapidly- growing salivary duct carcinoma in the parotid gland, of one month's evolution. Histopathologically, salivary duct carcinoma is characterised by its resemblance to ductal carcinoma of the breast. It usually develops aggressively with possibilities of early distant m...

Salivary duct injury can be idiopathic, iatrogenic, or post-trauma and may result in sialocele or fistula. Most injuries regress spontaneously and botulinum toxin A is one of several therapeutic possibilities. We report a case of iatrogenic injury to the parotid duct after Mohs' micographic surgery for a squamous cell carcinoma excision in the left jaw region, treated by injection of botulinum ...

The parotid gland is the largest salivary gland, measuring on average 46mm in the vertical dimension by 37mm in the horizontal dimension. It lies below the zygomatic arch, between the posterior ramus of the mandible anteriorly and the mastoid process and the sternocleidomastoid muscle posteriorly. The gland extends a short distance over the superficial aspect of the masseter muscle (figure 1). ...