title: Lithiasis of minor salivary glands of the upper lip. Clinico-pathological report of a case with unusual presentation.
abstract: We report a rare case of lithiasis of the minor salivary glands (LMSG) of the upper lip, with a very atypical clinical presentation, firstly as a left hemifacial cellulitis and later, after antibiotic therapy, as a solid, firm and hard intramural nodule of the retrocommissural side of the upper lip; the needs of a wide spectrum of clinical differential diagnosis with calcified angiomas, salivary tumors, soft tissue tumors, phlogistic and neoplastic pathology of the local lymphnode, foreign body lesions, is underlined. The histological aspects of the lesion are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Sciences and Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. g.favia@doc.uniba.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Capodiferro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortelazzi
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery