Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis of the parotid gland

Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor) is a benign and chronic inflammatory condition of the submandibular gland that clinically cannot be easily distinguished from salivary malignant neoplasia. This is a report of a case of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis located as a solitary mass in an accessory parotid gland.     

Kuttner tumour: an unusual cause of enlargement of a minor salivary gland in the lip

Kuttner tumour is benign, chronic, sclerosing sialadenitis that usually occurs in the submandibular gland and is regarded as a salivary gland neoplasm because of its clinical features. We describe a tumour arising from a minor salivary gland of the upper lip. To our knowledge, there are only two previously reported cases.     

超声弹性成像技术在IgG4相关唾液腺炎诊断和随访中的应用

目的: 探讨超声弹性成像技术在IgG4相关唾液腺炎诊断和随访中的应用价值。方法: 回顾分析2018年5月—10月就诊于上海交通大学医学院附属第九人民医院口腔外科,诊断为IgG4相关唾液腺炎3例患者的临床资料。所有患者均接受口服小剂量糖皮质激素治疗,采用超声弹性成像技术应变率比值法和声辐射力脉冲成像法,对治疗前、后患者下颌下腺进行弹性超声检查,观察超声影像学特点及疗效。结果: 3例患者临床表现均为双侧下颌下腺无痛性肿大超过3个月,血清IgG和IgG4浓度均异常升高,下颌下腺活检病理及免疫组织化学染色结果提示符合IgG4相关唾液腺炎。治疗前弹性超声成像显示腺内大范围蓝色区域对应低回声区,应变率比值（SR）较正常腺体减小而剪切波速值（SWV）较正常腺体增大,表示该区域腺体质地比正常腺体明显较硬。所有患者经小剂量糖皮质激素治疗1个月后随访,临床表现原本肿大的下颌下腺明显消退,触诊质地软化,血清IgG和IgG4浓度明显下降,弹性超声显示蓝色区域范围明显缩小,黄色和绿色区域范围增大,对应SR增大而SWV减小,客观且半量化地反映腺体质地较治疗前软化。结论: 超声弹性成像技术通过测量SR或SWV,可以客观半量化地反映病变唾液腺质地。结合患者的临床表现、血清学指标和组织病理学表现,可以辅助IgG4相关唾液腺炎的诊断,并初步评价疾病的严重性和进展程度。     

Lymphoid lesions of salivary glands: malignant and benign

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 tumor, and extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma are examples of this pathology that are sometimes problematic to differentiate from one another. In this paper the author reviewed the main clinical, pathological and prognostic features of these lesions.     

A comparative study of the role of atresia and stenosis of the outflow duct of a salivary gland in the pathogenesis of dystrophic and inflammatory changes]

Experiments were carried out with submandibular salivary glands of 20 dogs. Complete obturation of the submandibular duct (in 10 animals) was achieved by binding this duct. Partial impairment of the saliva flow from the gland was induced in 10 animals by fixing a metal ring on the duct. The experiment has demonstrated that both complete and partial obturation of the salivary duct result in the development of chronic sialadenitis. Partial obturation of salivary outflow from the gland did not result in an acute inflammation but in a flaccid process, slowly developing dystrophic changes in acinar cells, gradually developing sclerosis of the glandular parenchyma and stroma. These data indicate a direct relationship between the intensity of dystrophic changes in the salivary gland and the severity of impairment of salivary discharge.     

Transcervical submandibular sialoadenectomy

The submandibular glands are subject to several pathologies that require excision. The most common problem that affects these salivary glands is sialadenitis combined with sialolithiasis. This problem occurs in the submandibular gland 10 times more frequently than it does in the parotid gland. Other illnesses frequently involving the submandibular glands are represented by sialadenosis and benign, malign, and intermediate neoplasms.Diagnosis of any disturbance in the submandibular gland involves both a clinical and instrumental (echography, traditional radiography [ortopantomography] and eventually computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging) assessment. Surgery is the usual method of treatment of both chronic sialadenitis and neoplasms in the submandibular gland. A submandibular gland surgical approach can be cervical, intraoral, or endoscopic.The authors present their clinical experience with a total of 40 patients with illnesses involving the submandibular gland treated with submandibular gland excision by a transcervical approach. Their experience suggests that this approach entails a relatively simple procedure, involves low risks for the nerve structure around the gland, permits wide resection margins for neoplasms, and incurs little aesthetic damage.     

下颌下腺涎石病伴发黏液表皮样癌1例报告

黏液表皮样癌是最常见的唾液腺恶性肿瘤之一,最常发生于腮腺（约占2/3）,其次为腭部、小唾液腺（特别是磨牙后腺）及下颌下腺,而发生于由涎石病导致的慢性炎性下颌下腺者极为罕见。本文报告1例发生于慢性炎性下颌下腺中的黏液表皮样癌病例,并对其诊断和治疗方法进行讨论。     

Production of microliths and sialadenitis in rats by a short combined course of isoprenaline and calcium gluconate.

The relationship between microliths and sialadenitis in man is unclear, so an attempt was made to investigate it experimentally in rats with the use of isoprenaline and calcium gluconate either alone or combined. The acini of the submandibular and parotid glands of rats that were given isoprenaline were enlarged, and degenerate acinar cells were seen, with extravasated secretions in the submandibular gland. Similar changes were seen in the submandibular and parotid glands of rats that were given isoprenaline combined with calcium gluconate; in addition, ductal microliths with regions of atrophic sialadenitis were observed. The results suggest that there is temporary obstruction to the salivary flow after isoprenaline is injected, and in the rats that were also given calcium gluconate some of the stagnant saliva calcified to form microliths, which produced a lasting obstruction and obstructive sialadenitis. This supports the possibility that microliths, which are present in normal salivary glands of man, are a primary etiologic factor in sialadenitis.     

Endoscopy: a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the salivary glands. Six years of practical experience

During a 6-year period we did a total of 72 videoendoscopies of the salivary glands and their associated ductal systems. This minimally invasive procedure is associated with little morbidity and discomfort. The main indication was sialolithiasis of the submandibular and parotid glands. Sialoendoscopy was used not only for diagnosis of radiolucent calculi but also for simultaneous removal of calculi. Sialoendoscopy was also of benefit in the diagnosis and treatment of other diseases of the salivary glands. Even patients with chronic sialadenitis could be helped with endoscopic dilatation of the causative sialostenosis, thereby enabling us to conserve the gland.     

Increase of microliths in inactive salivary glands of cat.

Secretory inactivity could be a factor in the formation of microliths, and so their occurrence in feline salivary glands after the secretory inactivity produced by parasympathectomy was investigated. Parasympathectomy was followed by a greatly increased occurrence of microliths in the submandibular salivary gland, but not in the parotid and sublingual, which may relate to residual secretory activity in these glands. This discovery suggests that secretory inactivity may indeed be a factor in the production of microliths in human salivary glands, and consequently of chronic sialadenitis and sialothiasis.     

Micromorphology of sialoliths in submandibular salivary gland: a scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis.

PURPOSE: Sialoliths are common in the submandibular gland and its duct system. The exact cause of formation of a sialolith is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to analyze 6 sialoliths ultrastructurally to determine their development mechanism in the submandibular salivary glands. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Six sialoliths retrieved from the hilus and duct of the submandibular salivary glands of 6 patients with sialadenitis were analyzed ultrastructurally by scanning electron microscope and x-ray diffractometer. RESULTS: Scanning electron microscope revealed mainly irregular, partly rudely hexagonal, needle-like and plate-shaped crystals. The cross-section from the surface to the inner part of the sialoliths showed no organic material. X-ray diffraction showed that the sialoliths were composed of hydroxyapatite crystals. Energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis showed that all of the samples contained high levels of Ca and P, and small amounts of Mg, Na, Cl, Si, Fe, and K. CONCLUSION: The main structures of the submandibular sialoliths were found to be hydroxyapatite crystals. No organic cores were observed in the central parts of the sialoliths. In accordance with these preliminary results, sialoliths in the submandibular salivary glands may arise secondary to sialadenitis, but not via a luminal organic nidus.     

Extracellular matrix molecules in chronic obstructive sialadenitis: an immunocytochemical and Western blot investigation

The exact pathomechanism of inflammation progress and fibrosis in chronic sialadenitis is unknown. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various fibrotic conditions. These factors are thought to be essential in the regulation of extracellular matrix turnover and the development of tissue fibrosis. In the present study, the expression of CTGF, MMP-2, -3, -9, -13 and TIMP-3 was examined in chronic obstructive sialadenitis. Tissue samples of 13 patients with chronic sialadenitis of the submandibular gland associated with sialolithiasis and 4 normal tissue samples of the submandibular gland were analyzed immunohistochemically and by Western blot analysis. An intense CTGF immunoreactivity was observed in the ductal system of inflamed salivary glands, whereas in normal glands no reactivity or a very low CTGF immunoreactivity was present. Immunohistochemical studies revealed a low to strong reactivity of MMP-2, -3, -9, -13, and TIMP-3 in the ductal system, in acinar cells and in lymphomonocytic infiltrates in normal and inflamed tissues. The expression of MMP-2, -3, -9, -13, and TIMP-3 was confirmed by Western blotting in all cases. Over-expression of CTGF in chronic obstructive sialadenitis suggests that this factor may play a role in glandular fibrosis. However, the physiological role of MMP-2, -3, -9, -13, and TIMP-3 in normal glands, as well as their possible role in inflammation progress and fibrosis in chronic obstructive sialadenitis, remains to be elucidated.     

Radionuclide scan imaging of bilateral Warthin’s tumor and chronic inflammation in the submandibular glands of a patient with a history of heavy smoking

Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum, or Warthin’s tumor, is a benign tumor, primarily localized in the parotid glands. The tumor is more common in men than women, and it occurs usually in the fifth and sixth decades of life. Smoking seems to be one of the predisposing factors. The case of a 65-year-old man is described; he presented with a chief complaint of swelling in the bilateral parotid and submandibular glands. Imaging revealed a benign tumor in the right parotid gland, but only inflammation in both submandibular and the left parotid glands. A biopsy was carried out after rapidly increased swelling of the left parotid and left submandibular glands. Histopathological examinations revealed chronic sialadenitis. Superficial parotidectomies were performed 7 and 21 months after the initial visit on the right parotid and the left parotid glands, respectively. Histopathological examination revealed Warthin’s tumor in both parotid glands, with fibrogenesis and chronic sialadenitis in the submandibular glands.     

Sialolithiasis: an unusually large submandibular salivary stone

Salivary gland calculi account for the most common disease of the salivary glands. The majority of sialoliths occur in the submandibular gland or its duct and are a common cause of acute and chronic infections. This case report describes a patient presenting with an unusually large submandibular gland sialolith, the subsequent patient management, the aetiology, diagnosis and various treatment modalities available for management of salivary gland calculi depending on their site and size.     

Classification and management of chronic sialadenitis of the parotid gland

Summary  Saliva has numerous oral functions and multiple functions in relation to digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Chronic salivary hypofunction can lead to severe adverse health outcomes. Chronic sialadenitis is one of the major conditions that can cause salivary hypofunction. A correct diagnosis and management of chronic sialadenitis is essential for the recovery of salivary hypofunction. Chronic sialadenitis of the parotid gland is often seen in the clinic, sometimes also referred to as recurrent pyogenic parotitis, recurrent parotitis, non-obstructive parotitis, sialadenitis or obstructive parotitis, among other terms. The literature describes several different classifications and denominations for chronic sialadenitis of the parotid gland. These various classifications and denominations complicate the definition and diagnostic criteria, and if chronic sialadenitis of the parotid gland can develop into Sjogren's syndrome remains unclear. Treatment of this condition is also a challenging problem. Here, we review the presented classification and denomination of chronic sialadenitis of the parotid gland, proposing a classification based on the disease entities identified in a long-term follow-up investigation, and discuss the treatment principles for the condition.     

Complication of adenoid cystic carcinoma and sialolithiasis in the submandibular gland: report of a case and its etiological background

The authors report a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) complicated with sialolithiasis of the submandibular gland. The patient was a 43-year-old female with a history of papillotubular carcinoma of the breast almost at the same time. She had noticed a swelling in her sublingual area for 10 years, which was later diagnosed by her dentist to be due to a sialolith in the left submandibular gland. After several years of observation, the patient was referred to have her left submandibular gland, containing the stone, surgically removed with a diagnosis of atrophic sialadenitis. Histopathologically, the submandibular gland was extensively replaced with fibrous granulation tissue, in which there were small but invasive foci of ACC. The present case indicates that ACC could arise in the background of chronic sialadenitis. It is suggested that long-standing sialadenitis cases should be carefully examined to exclude suspicion of malignancy before surgery.     

口腔颌面部IgG4相关硬化性疾病15例临床病理分析

目的 探讨口腔颌面部IgG4相关硬化性疾病的临床病理特点,提高临床和病理医生对本病的认识.方法 对15例口腔颌面部IgG4相关硬化性疾病的临床特征及组织病理学改变进行观察和分析,并复习相关文献.结果 15例IgG4相关硬化性疾病患者平均年龄63.4岁,男女比为4:1.发病部位分别为颌下腺(12例)、腮腺(2例)、颌下区淋巴结(1例),临床表现无显著特异性,均呈无痛渐进性肿大.涎腺病理改变为腺泡萎缩,间质硬化伴较多IgC4阳性的浆细胞浸润(IgG4阳性细胞的绝对值大于50/HPF,IgG4+/IgG+细胞的比值大于40%).淋巴结病理改变为反应性淋巴滤泡增生,生发中心进行性转化,滤泡间区硬化伴较多IgG4阳性的浆细胞浸润(IgG4阳性细胞的绝对值大于50/HPF,IgG4+/IgG+细胞的比值大于40%).结论 IgG4相关硬化性疾病是少见的疾病,无特异性的临床表现,最终诊断有赖于组织病理学和免疫组织化学确诊.     

Metastatic malignancy in the submandibular gland.

Metastatic disease in the major salivary glands has been observed and reported in the literature. Often the site of origin of the primary tumor is the skin or mucosal lining of the head and neck structures, and the primary tumors most commonly are melanomas or squamous-cell carcinomas. The most frequently involved salivary gland is the parotid. The submandibular and sublingual glands are rarely involved by mestastatic disease. Secondary lesions arising from distant primary tumors may occasionally involve the parotid gland, but they are extremely rare in the other major salivary glands. The second reported case of metastatic carcinoma in the submandibular gland is presented here. Our case and the previously reported case are similar in that both primary tumors originated in the breast. The clinical and morphologic features are reviewed.     

Oral diseases associated with hepatitis C virus infection. Part 1. sialadenitis and salivary glands lymphoma

Morbidity associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is due not only to the sequelae of chronic liver disease, but also to a variety of extraheaptic manifestations (EHM). Some of the most frequently reported EHM of HCV infection involves the oral region predominantly or exclusively and they are the topics of this 2‐part review. The current part 1 discusses the evidences on the association of salivary glands disorders with HCV. HCV‐ infected patients may frequently have histological signs of Sjögren‐like sialadenitis with mild or even absent clinical symptoms. However, the pathogenetic role of HCV in Sjogren Syndrome (SS) development and the characteristics distinguishing classic SS from HCV‐related sialadenitis are still an issue. It is unclear if the virus may cause a disease mimicking primary SS or if HCV is directly responsible for the development of SS in a specific subset of patients. Notably, some patients may present a triple association between HCV, SS‐like sialadenitis and salivary gland lymphoma and the virus may be involved in the lymphomagenesis. The risk of having a salivary gland lymphoma is particularly high in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia. Little attention has been paid to the effects of anti‐HCV treatment on sialadenitis or lymphoma development.