Unilateral aplasia of the submandibular gland.
The congenital absence of major salivary glands is an extremely rare disorder. In this case, we report a 32-year-old woman who came to us with right submandibular gland aplasia, which was detected incidentally. The literature on this rare occurrence is reviewed and the significance of the patient is discussed.
Yilmaz
Mustafa Deniz
MD
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar Mah Osman Attila Cad, no 11/3, Afyon, Turkey. denizy@aku.edu.tr
Yücel
Aylin
A
Dereköy
Sefa
S
Altuntaş
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography