title: Multiple sialolithiasis in sublingual gland causing dysphagia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sialolithiasis is a common disease of the major salivary glands, but it is rarely seen in the sublingual gland. Patients commonly experience pain and/or swelling, but dysphagia is presented in extended lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report we present a 67-year-old woman who had 268 sialoliths in the sublingual gland, forming a huge mass and causing dysphagia. The diameter of the largest sialolith was approximately 4 mm. The diagnosis of sialolithiasis was confirmed pathologically.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple sublingual gland sialoliths are considered rare; they may cause symptoms like dysphagia and speech difficulty. To our knowledge our patient had more sialoliths in a sublingual gland than any previous reports in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eyigor
authors.forename: Ustun
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Osma
authors.forename: Mustafa Deniz
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Omer Tarik
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Selcuk
keywords: dysphagia; multiple sialoliths; sialolithiasis; sublingual gland