Two cases of sialadenosis

Maki KAWANO; Noriko TACHIKAWA; Maimi MITSUI; Masatoshi WATANABE; Masayoshi UEDA; Shoji ENOMOTO

doi:10.5794/jjoms.41.336

Maki KAWANO, Noriko TACHIKAWA, Maimi MITSUI, Masatoshi WATANABE, Masayoshi UEDA, Shoji ENOMOTO

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Keywords: sialadenosis, submandibular gland, parotid gland, endocrine disorders, anorexia nervosa

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1995 Volume 41 Issue 4 Pages 336-338

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.41.336

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Abstract

Sialadenosis, characterized by uniform hypertrophy of the acinar parenchyma of the salivary glands, is associated with a variety of systemic diseases of functional disorders.
This paper describes two cases of sialadenosis, a 20-year-old woman with submandibular gland swelling and a 31-year-old woman with parotid gland swelling. Both of them had endocrine disorders that may be associated with anorexia nervosa.

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