Unilateral Aplasia of the Submandibular Gland with Multiple Calcified Cervical Lymph Nodes: A Case Report  and Review of the Litarutre

Acikgoz, Aydan; Ozden, Bora; Elmalı, Muzaffer

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Unilateral Aplasia of the Submandibular Gland with Multiple Calcified Cervical Lymph Nodes: A Case Report and Review of the Litarutre

Aydan Acikgoz,¹Bora Ozden,²and Muzaffer Elmalı³

Received21 Oct 2009

Revised25 Nov 2009

Accepted13 Dec 2009

Published22 Feb 2010

Abstract

The congenital absence of major salivary glands and nodal calcifications are both extremely rare disorders. We discuss a 67-year-old female patient with unilateral aplasia of the right submandibular gland and hypoplasia of the left submadibular gland, and the simultaneous presence of multiple calcified lymph nodes that were incidentally detected by panoramic radiography and computed tomography.

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