title: [Unilateral congenital aplasia of the submandibular gland].
abstract: Aplasia of the major salivary glands is very uncommon, whereas isolated aplasia of unilateral submandibular gland is even rarer. In this article, we report a 55-year-old female case in whom unilateral aplasia of the left submandibular gland was detected incidentally by ultrasonography with no other congenital comorbidities in the light of literature data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Osmaniye State Hospital, Osmaniye, Turkey. drmuratdamar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Damar
authors.forename: Cem Burak
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Kalaycı
authors.forename: Ulkü
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bekar
authors.forename: Bünyamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turhan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography