The purpose of this study is to present a case of chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis with high level of IgG4 in a patient diagnosed earlier with Castleman disease. A 79-year-old man noticed a swelling of his lower left jaw that was first seen 8 years earlier. He was diagnosed with Castleman disease from the histopathological examination of a biopsy of the submandibular gland. Since then, the siz...

Background: Iodine-131 (I-131) is an effective treatment for differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) after surgery. Salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction has been described in patients receiving high doses of 1-131 due to radiation damage to salivary and lacrimal glands. Objective: This prospective study was conducted to determine the short term effect of oral 1-131 therapy administered to th...

The lacrimal gland secretes tear fluids to ocular surface, which plays an indispensable role in maintaining the health of the ocular epithelia and protecting the ocular surface from the external environment. The dysfunction of the lacrimal glands causes dry eye disease due to a reduction in tear volume. The dry eye disease is becoming a popular public disease, for the number of patients is incr...

Benign ductal cysts of the accessory lacrimal glands are uncommon lesions of the orbit, arising from the glands of Wolfring and Krause. We report two patients with histopathologically proved cysts in whom CT scans revealed well-circumscribed extraconal cystic lesions adjacent to the globe, involving both eyelids. Radiologists should be aware of these rare lesions so as to include them in the di...

The aim of the study was to determine and compare structure excretory ducts Harderian gland, extraorbital infraorbital lacrimal glands laboratory rats. Object methods. Five male rats were examined by dissecting glands, from which series thin paraffin sections obtained for histological examination. Micropreparations stained with hematoxylin eosin under a light microscope.Results. It found that t...

Sjogren's Syndrome is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that usually accompanied by dry eyes and mouth due to inflammation abnormalities in the lacrimal salivary glands. This disease can cause decrease production of secretions other organs need moisture, such as nose, throat, respiratory tract, skin. The prevalence general population not yet known, but Americas 0.05-4.8% population. Sixty ...

Sjögren's syndrome is a rheumatic disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands are the principal targets of a pathological autoimmune reaction. Previous studies in mice indicated that delayed organogenesis and aberrant cell physiology followed by an increase in acinar cell apoptosis precede chronic focal inflammation in the salivary glands and the manifestation of impaired exocrine gland s...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a relatively uncommon tumor, with a reported incidence of 4.5 cases per million individuals . The age range for diagnosis is wide, with tumors arising at almost equal incidence in any decade of adulthood. The salivary and lacrimal glands are among the most common sites at which this tumor arises. It is the most common malignancy to arise in the minor salivary g...

introduction: 18f-choline pet-ct is an increasingly used technique in patients with prostate cancer. the main indication is to localise the disease in patients with biochemical recurrence. to accurately interpret 18f-choline pet, knowledge of normal tracer distribution is paramount. the aim of this study was to describe the normal distribution pattern of 18f-choline by measuring the maximum sta...