title: Unilateral aplasia of the submandibular gland.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Mustafa Deniz
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.forename: Sefa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dereköy
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altuntaş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography