Although sailolithiasis generally occurs in the submandibular gland, submandibular stones rarely appear in children as compared with adults. We report a case of a submandibular gland stone in a child.
An 11-year-old girl had swelling of left submandibular gland. A hilar stone of the submandibular gland that required submandibular sialoadenectomy was diagnosed at another hospital, and the patient was referred to our department for removal of the stone by minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Computed tomography showed that the stone was about 3 mm in diameter. The submandibular gland stone was removed by endoscopic minimally invasive surgery with the patient under general anesthesia. There was no recurrence 2.5 years after removal of the submandibular gland stone.
