title: Transcervical approach to the removal of a deep-seated giant submandibular calculus and the submandibular gland.
abstract: Sialolithiasis is among the most common disease affecting the major salivary glands whereby the submandibular gland or its duct is affected in the majority of cases. We report a case of the surgical removal of a giant sialolith along with the submandibular gland using the transcervical approach and its clinical outcome.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Malaya Medical center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.|Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Liang Chye
authors: LC
authors: Goh
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Banu Krishnan
authors: BK
authors: Chitra
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Mohd Mokhtar
authors: MM
authors: Shaariyah
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Wei Siang Johnson
authors: WS
authors: Ng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*