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Tumores de glándulas salivales: enfrentamiento diagnóstico inicial
Salivary gland tumors: initial diagnostic confrontation

It is described that salivary gland tumors account for up to 3-6% of head and neck tumors, 80% of these being located in the parotid gland. Broadly speaking, the smaller the gland, the greater the probability of malignancy. The most common clinical manifestation in tumor pathology is the appearance of a ...

Pleomorphic adenoma of the hard palate with calcifications: an unusual presentation

J. oral res. (Impresa); 9 (2), 2020
Pleomorphic Adenoma (PA) is the most common benign salivary gland tumor. The most common sites for minor salivary gland from which PA arises are the palate followed by the lips and buccal mucosa. Calcifications are a common finding in major salivary glands with chronic inflammatory disorders. Major saliv...

Salivary Gland Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A 15-year Experience

Abstract Introduction Diseases of the salivary glands are rare in children and adolescents, with the exception of viral-induced infections. Objective To determine the clinical course of the disease, the diagnostic procedures, the treatment and the outcome of all children and adolescents affected with...

Efectividad de la succión desembrozante en pacientes con procesos inflamatorios de las glándulas salivales mayores
Effectiveness of the depleting suction in patients with inflammatory processes of the major salivary glands

Medisan; 24 (1), 2020
Introducción: Las inflamaciones agudas y crónicas pueden afectar las glándulas salivales mayores. Objetivo: Evaluar la evolución de los pacientes con procesos inflamatorios de las glándulas salivales mayores tratados con succión desembrozante. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de 49 p...

Hiposialia y Xerostomía Post Irradiación: Terapias Innovadoras en el Campo Biomolecular

Int. j. morphol; 37 (4), 2019
Las glándulas salivales humanas pueden ser gravemente lesionadas por la radioterapia utilizada contra neoplasias de cabeza y cuello, produciendo hiposialia y xerostomía, las cuales afectan la salud oral y sistémica, mermando la calidad de vida de la persona. Los tratamientos convencionales actuales es...

Doenças de glândulas salivares: estudo epidemiológico em um serviço de Estomatologia do sul do Brasil

RFO UPF; 24 (2), 2019
Objetivo: realizar um levantamento epidemiológico das doenças de glândulas salivares por meio de análise de prontuários registrados em um serviço de Estomatologia do sul do Brasil. Métodos: a amostra foi composta por aproximadamente 24.000 prontuários de pacientes do Serviço de Estomatologia do ...

Tratamento de mucocele com a técnica de shira: relato de caso

O termo mucocele pode ser definido como ‘’cavidade patológica contendo muco’’, sendo este conteúdo proveniente das glândulas salivares menores. Enquadrando-se como um processo patológico destas glândulas. A mucocele pode ser caracterizada pelo fenômeno de extravasamento ou de retenção de ...

Recommendations from the Brazilian society of rheumatology for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome (Part I): glandular manifestations (systematic review)

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic immune-mediated disease whose main characteristic is exocrine gland inflammation and, subsequent reduction in tear and saliva production. A delayed diagnosis is common due to the nonspecific clinical manifestations of disease. The aim ...

Obesity, salivary glands and oral pathology

Colomb. med; 49 (4), 2018
Abstract Obesity has reached pandemic proportions in recent years. Not only adults suffer from the disease, but increasingly children and young people. One of the main causes of overweight and obesity is excessive food intake, in particular heavily processed carbohydrates. Obesity alters multiple organs,...

Is salivary gland pathology in western of Libya the same as other parts of the World?

A wide variety of entities may cause diseases of the salivary glands. A general classification divides the disorders into inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases. This group of disorders can afflict the major or minor salivary glands but are generally much more common in the major glands. In most case...