Idiopathic sialadenosis involving parotid and submandibular glands. A case report.

Authors

  • Norberto Nobuo Sugaya University of São Paulo. Dentistry School. Department of Stomatology http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4966-6295
  • Juliana Seo University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology
  • Silvio Kenji Hirota University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology
  • Andre Caroli Rocha University of São Paulo. School of Medicine. Clinical Hospital. Division of Dentistry
  • Dante Antonio Migliari University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2357-8041.clrd.2015.108054

Keywords:

parotid gland, salivary glands, pathology, salivary gland diseases

Abstract

Abstract

This article reports a case in which a patient, an adult black male, was diagnosed as having sialadenosis of an idiopathic type, since clinical, computed tomography and laboratory examinations did not disclose any other abnormalities that could be associated with the glandular swelling.  As this condition is quite harmless, requiring no intervention, unless for aesthetic reason, the patient was dismissed, being monitored sporadically.  But after 8 months since the first consultation, the patient was diagnosed as having an advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and eventually died of this disease. This report, therefore, raises the question whether there was any relation with the sialadenosis and the esophageal carcinoma. This question is very speculative, but it stands as a notice for clinicians in future cases of idiopathic sialadenosis to evaluate the patient for an underlying malignant disease. 

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Author Biographies

  • Norberto Nobuo Sugaya, University of São Paulo. Dentistry School. Department of Stomatology
    Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo
  • Juliana Seo, University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology
    Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo
  • Silvio Kenji Hirota, University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology

    Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo

  • Andre Caroli Rocha, University of São Paulo. School of Medicine. Clinical Hospital. Division of Dentistry

    Clinical Hospital, School of Medicine, Division of Dentistry, University of São Paulo

  • Dante Antonio Migliari, University of São Paulo. School of Dentistry. Department of Stomatology
    Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo

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Published

2015-12-26

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Case report or technical report

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