Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Parotid duct sialolithiasis- A case report

Surbhi Juneja¹, Suwarna Dangore- Khasbage^2♦, Rahul R Bhowate³

¹Post graduate student, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Phone no: 8319014089; Email: surbhijuneja2211@gmail.com
²Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha; Email: dangore_suwarna@rediffmail.com, Fax- 07152-231412
³Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email: dr_bhowate@yahoo.com, Fax- 07152-231412

^♦Corresponding author
Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha, India; Email: dangore_suwarna@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT

Sialoliths are calcified masses present in salivary glands which vary in size and are mostly found in submandibular gland compared to parotid gland. Sialoliths can be symptomatic or asymptomatic depending on severity of obstruction and secondary infection. Symptoms may be present as pain and swelling. Parotid gland stones are usually small, unilateral and are more radiolucent due to low mineral content in its secretion compared to stones present in other glands that are radiopaque. The present case describes the presentation of sialolith in a 45 year old female in left stensen’s duct which was expelled during chair side examination.

Keywords: parotid gland, stensen’s duct, sialolith

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2224-2228

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