title: Congenital absence of the major salivary glands and impaired lacrimal secretion in a child: case report.
abstract: The case of a 5-year-old girl with a lifelong history of xerostomia, poor dentition and decreased lacrimal gland secretion is presented. To our knowledge, this is the youngest reported patient with such symptoms and the first case confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash 98431.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Youngberg
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bauman
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m