2018•International Journal of Maxillofacial ImagingOpen access

Submandibular gland chronic sialadenitis: A case report

Rubia Siddiqui, Gulrukh Hashmi, Hasan Rizvi

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Among various types of salivary gland diseases, sialadenitis is an infectious or inflammatory disorder. The course of sialadenitis may be acute or chronic in nature. The chronic conditions generally involve the parotid and submandibular glands. This report describes a case of chronic sialadenitis of submandibular gland in a 55-year-old female which was resistant with medicinal therapy and successfully managed surgically with no postoperative complications. Keywords: Submandibular gland, Recurrent, Chronic sialadenitis, Excision, Histopathology.

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Key concepts: Sialadenitis, Submandibular gland, Salivary gland, Histopathology, Medicine, Salivary Gland Diseases, Pathology