OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To investigate epidemiological features and symptoms of sialolithiasis and their implications for diagnosis and management. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Retrospective analysis on 2,322 patients with sialolithiasis, between 1987 and 2009. The statistical significance between two sample distributions was computed using analysis of variance Student t t...

  Extra-skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare soft tissue malignant neoplasm, morphologically indistinguishable from skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma. The usual sites of involvement are the soft tissues of para-vertebral region, chest wall, and lower extremity. Extra-skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is rare in the head and neck region and very few cases are reported in the parotid gland. The cytological features...

UNLABELLED Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign epithelial tumor of adenoid structure preferentially arising from the parotid gland. It was shown that complete tumor excision is a curative measure and recurrence is likely in incompletely excised tumors. The aim of this study was to analyse the outcome of patients with pleomorphic adenoma from salivary glands in order to evaluate the surgical strateg...

The murine parotid secretory protein (PSP) gene is expressed selectively at high levels in parotid and sublingual salivary glands. Previously, the transcriptional activity of a PSP mini-gene, called Lama, was shown to be dependent on a 1.5 kb region located 3 kb upstream of the transcription start site. Here, functional studies in transgenic mice demonstrate that this proximal regulatory region...

Canalicular adenoma is a rare benign salivary gland neoplasm affecting predominantly the minor gland. We present case of 55 year female who presented with mucosal nodule in left cheek and was diagnosed as based on morphology immunohistochemistry findings. Our that, it major – Parotid gland, 7 reported literature to best our knowledge.

Salivary gland disease is well established as an important HIV associated oral lesion. It manifests as salivary gland swelling involving one or both parotid glands with or without xerostomia. In the context of HIV, the swelling may be due to a wide spectrum of pathological conditions that include reactive or inflammatory disorders, acute and chronic infections, and neoplasms. This paper reviews...

The goal of this study was to evaluate real-time volumetric and dosimetric changes of the parotid gland so as to determine replanning criteria and timing for parotid protection-based adaptive radiation therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Fifty NPC patients were treated with helical tomotherapy; volumetric and dosimetric (D mean, V 1, and D 50) changes of the parotid gland at the 1st, 6th, 11th...

BACKGROUND This study was carried out to evaluate tumor recurrence following extracapsular dissection of pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland. METHODS We conducted a retrospective evaluation and clinical follow-up of the patients who underwent extracapsular dissection of a pleomorphic adenoma as primary surgery in the otolaryngologic department of the Erlangen University Clinics during t...