title: An update on recent advances in the understanding of non-neoplastic diseases of the salivary glands.
abstract: The recent advances in the understanding of the non-neoplastic disorders of salivary glands are summarised in this paper. The common infections are discussed and newer aspects of juvenile recurrent parotitis outlined. The benign lympho-epithelial lesion is reviewed in relation to Sjogren's syndrome and the salivary gland pathology seen in relation to infection with human immunodeficiency virus. A range of unusual conditions that may affect the minor salivary glands in particular, and can cause diagnosis dilemmas, is summarised.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Study of Oral Disease, Bristol Dental Hospital and School.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology