Diseases of the salivary glands

Salivary diseases are dividend into 2 groups:

1. Tumor diseases (benign tumors, malignant tumors, possibly also so-called pseudotumors - cysts and pseudocysts);
2. Non-cancerous diseases (sialoadenitis, sialolithiasis, sialoadenosis).

Investigative methods

• Anamnesis,
• Physical examination (aspection and palpation),
• USG, USG + FNAB (fine needle aspiration biopsy),
• Sialography to display contrast of sialolithiasis,
• CT,
• MRI.

Developmental defects

• Aplasia of one or more glands, rarely missing of all salivary glands,
• Doubling or anomalous outcome of salivary glands.

Functional disorders

• Sialorea – excessive salivation,
• Hyposialia – decreased salivation.

Tumor diseases

• Benign tumors of the salivary glands
• Malignant tumors of the salivary glands

Non-cancerous diseases

• Sialoadenitis
• Sialolithiasis
• Sialoadenosis

References

Related articles

• Salivary glands
• Saliva

Source

• BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. ©2007. [cit. 2009]. <http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/orl_jb.doc>.

• HAHN, Aleš. Otorhinolaryngology and phoniatrics in contemporary practice. 1. edition. Praha : Grada, 2007. 390 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-0529-3.