title: Migrating salivary stones: report of three cases.
abstract: Patients with salivary calculi are normally managed by removal of the calculus or, if necessary, the affected gland. If it is left untreated, a stone may migrate into the adjacent tissues. We present three patients in whom salivary calculi tracked to the surface of the skin. Two were removed under local anaesthetic, and the third patient was lost to follow up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Emergency and Oral Radiology, University Dental Hospital, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK. nicholas.drage@cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Drage
authors.forename: Jackie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makdissi
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Townend
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery