Abstract

Salivary Glands Inflammation as Visualized with Ultrasonography

Highlights

  • The major salivary glands are superficial exocrine glands that produce saliva and keep the oral cavity moist.They are the paired parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands

  • The upper aerodigestive tract mucosa is lined by hundreds of small, minor salivary glands

  • Diagnostic ultrasonography is the clinical use of ultrasounds using vibratory frequencies ranging from 1 to 20MHz [8,9,10]

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Summary

Introduction

The major salivary glands are superficial exocrine glands that produce saliva and keep the oral cavity moist. Inflammation of the salivary glands of varying aetiology is the major problem occuring in the pathology of the glands which is and readily diagnosed with ultrasounds [11,12,13,14] It is the most common cause of parotid swelling in developed countries. The inflammation is limited only to the area of parotid gland, without involvement of the submandibular or sublingual glands the word parotitis in contrast to sialadenitis which could be in all glands It is of unknown etiology in a number of cases and the differential diagnosis include mumps or the suppurative parotitis, which is excluded from the clinical symptoms [19,20,21]. The vascularity of the glands may increase secondary to the inflammation process [26,27,28]

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Modern Research in Dentistry
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Mod Res Dent
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