title: Submandibular hemangioma with multiple phleboliths mimicking sialolithiasis: the first pediatric case.
abstract: Hemangiomas are the most common masses of the major salivary glands in parotid glands in childhood particularly. They occur more frequently in the parotid gland and rarely the submandibular gland. Changes in blood flow dynamics within hemangiomas may induce thrombus formation and phleboliths. Cavernous hemangioma may lead to thrombophlebitis in major salivary glands in adults. To our knowledge, cavernous hemangioma of submandibular glands containing phleboliths in childhood has not been described so far in the literature. In this article, we report the first pediatric case of a cavernous hemangioma containing multiple phleboliths in the submandibular gland mimicking submandibular sialolithiasis in a seven-year-old boy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Süleyman Demirel University, 32200 Çünür, Isparta, Turkey. giraynali@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Giray
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aynalı
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yarıktaş
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasan
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciriş
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology*