OBJECTIVE To determine an appropriate focus score cutoff for childhood Sjögren syndrome (SS). METHODS Labial salivary gland tissue from specimens from children with SS and age-matched controls was retrospectively identified and reviewed by a blinded oral pathologist. RESULTS The presence of any focal sialadenitis (focus score > 0 foci/4 mm(2)) was common among childhood SS samples but prese...

A 70-year-old woman reporting 1 year of non-progressive intermittent solid dysphagia underwent an outpatient endoscopy. Endoscopy was normal, and a 54-French bougie dilator was empirically passed, which encountered moderate resistance in oral cavity. On withdrawal, no blood was noted. The dilator passed freely on the second attempt. Subsequent screening colonoscopy was uneventful. Five hours af...

OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of the sialoendoscopic technique for treatment of inflammatory salivary gland diseases. This report documents the authors' long-term experience with sialoendoscopy and discusses the long-term results of the procedure, technical issues, and varieties that they have utilized, as well as the advantages and limitations of this modality. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective...

We report a case of childhood Sjögren’s syndrome (CSS) in 13-year-old girl, diagnosed due to bilateral plunging ranula. (SS) is an autoimmune disease which various autoantibodies appear, mainly sialadenitis and dacryoadenitis. Plunging ranula salivary gland often encountered daily clinical work. It considered be one the symptoms SS, but this not widely known. MRI scans showed fluid retention bo...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience with therapeutic sialendoscopy for radioiodine (iodine 131 [(131)I]) sialadenitis. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary referral center. PATIENTS The study included 11 patients who underwent therapeutic sialendoscopy for the treatment of (131)I sialadenitis after failing medical management. INTERVENTIONS Therapeutic si...

INTRODUCTION A case of massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to an acute sialadenitis is described that occurred a few hours after a neurosurgical procedure performed in the prone position. Literature on this topic is reviewed. CASE PRESENTATION A 73-year-old Caucasian woman underwent a right parieto-occipital craniotomy to remove a meningioma. The procedure was performed in t...