Considerações atuais da sialolitíase de ducto de glândula submandibular

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Alan Roger Santos [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Soares, Gláucia Resende, Soubhia, Ana Maria Pires [UNESP], Miyahara, Glauco Issamu [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://apcdaracatuba.com.br/revista/Volume_31_01_Jan_2010/v31n1.htm; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133533
• topic: Gland calculi; Salivary glands; Therapeutics; Cálculos das glândulas salivares; Glândulas salivares; Terapêutica

The sialolithiasis is characterized by the formation of calcified structure called sialolith within the salivary ductal system. Although its etiology is unknown, it is believed that is from the deposition of calcium salts around an accumulation of organic leftovers in the lumen of the duct or be resulted by chronic sialadenitis and partial obstruction. In this study, the authors describe a case of a male patient, 46 years old, brown, who presented the complaint “pain under the tongue.” The presence of a hardened nodule located in the left sublingual fold was observed through intra-oral exam. Current considerations about treatment, clinical and radiographic characteristics were addressed in this work.