Lesions of salivary glands with a prominent lymphoid component are a heterogeneous group of diseases that include benign reactive lesions and malignant neoplasms. Occasionally, these pathologic entities present difficulties in the clinical and pathological diagnosis and prognosis. Lymphoepithelial sialadenitis, HIV-associated salivary gland disease, chronic sclerosing sialadenitis, Warthin tumo...

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...

Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis typically involves the submandibular gland. It usually occurs in the middle-aged and elderly adults with a slight male predominance. Recent evidences have suggested that it is an entity of IgG4-related sclerosing disease and has distinct histopathological features, such as a dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, sclerosis and obliterative phlebitis. It is important...

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...

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...