Sialadenitis, or recurrent salivary gland infection associated with pain and swelling of the major salivary glands, is a common presentation to emergency rooms and outpatient clinics. One of the most frequent causes of sialadenitis is obstruction in the salivary ductal system. Salivary calculi affect 1.2% of the population and account for 60-70% of salivary duct obstruction (Nahlieli 2004; Kim ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study is to review our experience with sialendoscopy for the management of radioiodine-induced sialadenitis. METHODS Retrospective chart review of all patients with radioiodine-induced sialadenitis treated with interventional sialendoscopy. RESULTS Twelve female patients with a mean age of 46.5 years (range, 25-77 years) underwent interventional sia...

OBJECTIVE To present the clinical-pathological characteristics of Küttner's tumour (KT) or chronic sclerosing sialadenitis. MATERIAL AND METHOD We studied 8 cases of KT that were graduated histologically according to the Seifert grading system. An immunohistochemistry panel including CD20, CD3, and keratin AE1-3 was performed. RESULTS All cases involved the sub-maxillary gland. Microscopica...

The nonobese diabetic (NOD) Nss1 and Idd5 loci have been associated with sialadenitis development in mice. In this study the NOD Nss1 and Idd5 loci were backcrossed onto the healthy control strain B10.Q by using the speed congenic breeding strategy, resulting in three congenic strains: B10.Q.Nss1, B10.Q.Nss1/Idd5 heterozygous and B10.Q.Nss1/Idd5 homozygous. We investigated the effects of the Ns...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Submandibular gland excision is the treatment of choice in chronic pathology resistant to medical treatments or in oncological cases. The aim of this study was to analyse its current postoperative complications. MATERIAL & METHODS Retrospective study on submandibular gland excisions performed at our University Hospital between 2004 and 2010. RESULTS A total of 29...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major causative agent of non-A, non-B chronic hepatitis, is also suggested to be associated with extrahepatic manifestations such as mixed cryoglobulinemia and glomerulonephritis. Two independent lines of transgenic mice carrying the HCV envelope genes have been shown previously to express the HCV envelope proteins in organs, including the liver and salivary glands, w...