Clinicopathological study of myoepithelial sialadenitis and chronic sialadenitis (sialolithiasis).
To determine any overlap in pathological features between myoepithelial sialadenitis and chronic sialadenitis/sialolithiasis histological sections from 69 cases of myoepithelial sialadenitis (MESA) (n = 7) and chronic sialadenitis/sialolithiasis (n = 62) were reviewed over a 10 year period. Three of the cases with MESA contained calculi and four of those originally diagnosed as chronic sialadenitis/sialolithiasis showed epimyoepithelial island formation. The presence of calculi should not rule out a diagnosis of MESA, particularly in the parotid gland where calculi are uncommon; as the incidence of MESA may very well be underestimated and diagnosed as chronic sialadenitis, these patients, who are at increased risk of developing lymphoma, could be lost to follow up.
Kondratowicz
G M
GM
Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Birmingham.
Smallman
L A
LA
Morgan
D W
DW
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D012465:Salivary Duct Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology