Giant salivary gland calculi: A case report

3^rd Euro-Global Experts Meeting on Medical Case Reports

June 30-July 02, 2016 Valencia, Spain

Mohammad Hossein Azaraein, Zahra Sarafraz and Vahid Zand

Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Case Rep

Abstract :

Sialolithiasis is the most common disease of the salivary glands accounts for 80% of salivary gland disorders. It characterized by the obstruction of a salivary gland or its excretory duct due to the formation of calcareous concretions. Sialolith leads to recurrent painful swelling of the involved gland, which often becomes worse while eating. Giant salivary gland calculi (GSGC) with the size of more than 15 mm are considered rare. This paper reports a patient presenting with an unusually large submandibular gland sialolith (more than 70 mm). It is interesting that there was no significant pain and swelling. His chief complaint was episodic pain at meal times in left submandibular area under the tongue for duration of two years. This paper describes the patient�s history, examinations and surgical management.

Biography :

Email: mh.azaraein@yahoo.com