SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LARGE DIMENSIONS SIALOLITH IN SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND: CASE REPORT

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Claudio Maranhão; Faculdade ICESP e UNIP
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: de Souza, Fabrício Henrique Pereira; Acadêmico de Odontologia, Teixeira, Cristiane Gonçalves; Acadêmico de odontologia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ciências e Odontologia
• Texto Completo: http://revistas.icesp.br/index.php/RCO/article/view/916
• topic: Estomatologia; Lithiasis, Submandibular Gland, Surgical Diagnostic Techniques

Sialolites are calcifi ed formations that occur in the parenchyma of the salivary glands or in their ducts. Among the salivary glands, the submandibular glands are the most aff ected and represent about 80% of reported cases. Sialolites larger than 15 mm are mineralizations considered rare and few cases have been described. These mineralizations require surgical removal in most cases extraorally, under general anesthesia. Cases of spontaneous expulsion can be observed, however, only in the case of small mineralizations. Although surgical removal is the treatment of choice for large mineralizations, these should be carefully planned due to the sequelae that they may cause to the patient. The maintenance of these alterations within the ductal system may lead to sialodenitis, hyposalivation and consequent oral microbiota imbalance favoring opportunistic fungal infections, dental caries, taste alteration among other consequences. Therefore, this study reports a case of large sialolith in a right submandibular gland surgically removed intraorally. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11389470.v1