[Minor salivary gland lithiasis simulating a mucocele. Apropos of a case].
Lithiasis of minor salivary glands is often considered to be extremely rare. However, recent publications reveal that minor salivary gland calculi are not so rare. Clinical features are not always typical, so clinical misdiagnosis is possible. Clinicians have to be aware to make a correct diagnosis. A case of sialolithiasis of minor salivary gland mimicking a mucous cyst is reported.
Karengera
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Service de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles.
Yousefpour
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Mir Mohammad
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Lechien
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Reychler
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D000328:Adult; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000032:analysis; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*
D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D011506:Proteins; D002119:Calcium Carbonate