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Bilateral aplasia of parotid glands correlated with accessory parotid tissue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

D Z Antoniades
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A K Markopoulos
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
E Deligianni
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
D Andreadis
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

Congenital absence of major salivary glands, especially the parotid gland, is a rare entity. It is usually monolateral and is not correlated with accessory salivary gland tissue. Aplasia of parotid gland may occur alone or in association with abnormalities of other salivary glands, first branchial arch developmental disturbances or other congenital anomalies.

We report an interesting case of bilateral aplasia of the parotid glands together with bilateral accessory parotid tissue, without other congenital or developmental anomalies, and we describe the clinical and radiological findings.

Type
Clinical Record
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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