Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis of the parotid gland.
Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor) is a benign and chronic inflammatory condition of the submandibular gland that clinically cannot be easily distinguished from salivary malignant neoplasia. This is a report of a case of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis located as a solitary mass in an accessory parotid gland.
de Vicente
Juan Carlos
JC
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hosital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. jvicente@correo.uniovi.ed
López-Arranz
Elena
E
García
Juan
J
López-Arranz
Juan Sebastián
JS
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012598:Sclerosis; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000473:pathology*