title: "Mustache sign" due to Stensen duct dilation.
abstract: An 80-year-old woman presented with a 5-year history of painless swellings of the left and right cheeks. The degree of swelling did not change with mastication. On palpation, the cheeks were soft, well defined, and movable. Compression and massage of the swollen areas caused increased salivary discharge from the orifices of the Stensen ducts. Three-dimensional computed tomography showed well-bordered, 15- to 20-mm wide, bilateral, tube-like dilatations of the ducts. The ductal origin of the swellings was explained to the patient, but she refused invasive procedures, thus no sialogram or surgical procedure was performed. We describe the clinical and radiographic features of a case of bilateral, congenital Stensen duct dilatation with bilateral swelling of the cheeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. Electronic address: dryoruk_40@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yoruk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kılıc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantarcı
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002610:Cheek; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010173:Palpation; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed