Sialoadenosis

It is a painless, non-inflammatory hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the glandular parenchyma:

Etiology is different. These can be:
 * gl. parotis is mainly affected;
 * swelling is usually symmetrical, may be recurrent or persistent;
 * salivary secretion is reduced → the risk of ascending infection from the oral cavity.
 * drug sialoadenosis (antihypertensives, β-sympathomimetics);
 * endocrine sialoadenosis (diabetes mellitus, pregnancy);
 * metabolic sialoadenosis (hypoproteinemia).

Diagnosis is based on:
 * a clinical picture with a positive endocrine or pharmacological history;
 * sialographic finding – the gland is enlarged with rich branching of the outlets, the oppression of which later creates the so-called image of a dead tree (a bare tree);
 * CT, MR or ultrasound examinations show only an enlarged gland without structural changes.

Therapy consists of treating the triggering factor.

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