title: Function of salivary glands and sialochemistry in sialadenosis.
abstract: Human sialadenosis is a non-inflammatory disease affecting the cephalic salivary glands, mainly the parotid, characterized by a mostly bilateral, painless swelling due to a substantial increase of the glandular parenchyma. After the presentation of clinical, cytological and biochemical data the probable etiology of this disease is discussed. It is concluded that sialadenosis is not a disease of the salivary glands themselves but of their sympathetic innervation.
mesh_terms: D003714:Denervation; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology