A case of multiple sialolithiasis of minor salivary gland in the cheek

Abstract

Sialolithiasis of minor salivary glands is very rare. We encountered a case of multiple sialolithiasis of the cheek. A 54-year-old woman complained of pain and swelling of the right cheek. She had a history of an operation in that area 29 years earlier, but the details were unknown. Computed tomography showed irregular calcified nodules at the lesion. Because a benign tumor was clinically suspected, the lesion was surgically excised. Intraoperative findings showed a lesion with surrounding adhesion tissue containing multiple spherical calcifications. Those calcifications were histopathologically considered as multiple salivary stones in minor salivary glands.