title: Swelling of the floor of the mouth: a clinical dilemma.
abstract: Swelling of the floor of the mouth is sometime difficult to diagnose clinically. Lithiasis and neoplasm are the most frequent causes of intraoral swelling. Also after plain radiology and computed tomography the diagnosis is often dubious. A case of swelling of the floor of the mouth due to an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the sublingual gland is reported.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Federico II University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Califano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zupi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coscia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piombino
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009060:Mouth Floor; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013362:Sublingual Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology