Kuttner tumor is a relatively uncommon disease of the salivary gland. It is also known as chronic sclerosing sialadenitis or cirrhosis of the submandibular gland. The examination of the submandibular gland characterizes clinically by a firm swelling of the gland, and histologically by progressive periductal sclerosis, dense lymphocytic infiltration with lymphoid follicle formation, reduction of...

Aims: To observe the clinical and pathological features of the IgG4-related Sialadenitis and to evaluate the clinical and pathological differences between Uygur and Han population. Materials and methods: We perform a retrospective analysis of data from Uygur patients (n=38) and Han patients (n=55) with the chronic nonspecific salivary gland inflammations which were infiltrated by multiply plasm...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the findings and therapeutic role of salivary endoscopy for idiopathic chronic sialadenitis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS The records of 258 patients who underwent salivary endoscopy between November 2008 and May 2012 were reviewed. Included cases presented with recurrent inflammation and swelling of a single major salivary gland, without...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Introduce the Chronic Obstructive Sialadenitis Symptoms (COSS) questionnaire to quantify chronic sialadenitis symptoms and assess the impact of sialendoscopic-assisted salivary duct surgery (SASDS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective outcome symptoms questionnaire study. METHODS The COSS questionnaire assesses the severity of sialadenitis symptoms from 0 to 100. Patients who u...

Chronic hepatitis C infection is a worldwide health problem because it causes chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Chronic liver diseases may induce several oral manifestations due to impairment of coagulation, thrombocytopenia or association with diabetes mellitus but hepatic C virus can give rise to a broad spectrum of nonhepatic manifestations. Aim. The purpose of this...

The development of malignant lymphoma in myoepithelial sialadenitis with and without Sjögren's syndrome was investigated. At first, prelymphomatous proliferation areas showing a polytypic immunoglobulin (Ig) pattern were seen. These transformed into malignant lymphoma with a monotypic Ig pattern, at first in small, circumscribed proliferation areas ("early lymphoma") and later in large, conflue...

Long lasting sialolithiasis can cause structural and functional changes of the salivary glands, inflammatory infiltration and fibrosis. However fat infiltration with sialolithiasis has not been described in the parotid glands. We describe a 60 years old man, bus-driver who presented with a history of reccurent right parotid sialadenitis and was diagnosed to have bilateral sialolithiasis and lef...