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16618997

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Congenital agenesis of major salivary glands is a rare entity with unclear etiopathogenesis, sometimes presenting in a bilateral form. This pathologic condition is often diagnosed with delay because of the poor clinical presentation. Only bilateral forms of parotid aplasia are responsible of such a severe lack of saliva causing dental caries, periodontal diseases, ascending sialadenitis and candidosis. In most cases, the aplasia involves more than a single major salivary gland and is occasionally associated with other developmental anomalies of the head-neck region. A case is presented in which an aplasia of the right parotid gland is associated with hypoplasia of the thyroid's right lobe and homolateral angioma of the homolateral cheek. We report the clinical and radiological findings in our patient and a review of the diagnostic imaging approach in such anomalies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0026-4970
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiological evaluation of major salivary glands agenesis. A case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico, University of Rome, Rome, Italy. l.dascanio@unicampus.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports