Submandibular sialoadenitis due to a foreign body.
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.
Abe
K
K
Second Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Japan.
Higuchi
T
T
Kubo
S
S
Oka
M
M
D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland