释义 |
sialolith in British English (ˈsaɪələˌlɪθ) nouna hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland Examples of 'sialolith' in a sentencesialolith The sialolith was removed surgically under general anesthesia.We introduce a rare case of a cervical fistula with abscess caused by submandibular sialolith.Submandibular sialoadentis with sialolith may cause severe complications such as deep neck abscess and sepsis.Here, we report two cases of giant sialolith of submandibular gland duct.Differential diagnoses considered were minor salivary gland tumor, parotid sialolith, and cysticercosis among others.The main differential diagnoses were mucocele/mucus retention cyst, sialolith, or salivary gland neoplasia.This sialolith has a diameter of 1.5 centimetres.Size greater than 15 mm are considered unusual or giant sialolith.On ultrasonography, sialolith and infected parotid gland with heterogeneous echogenicity were noticed. |