title: Submandibular sialoadenitis due to a foreign body.
abstract: A case of a painful swelling of a submandibular gland in a 62-year-old woman is reported. This eventually proved to be caused by a foreign body (fish bone) in the main intrasalivary duct of the gland.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland