Surgical removal of a submandibular megalith
| Autor: | Rachita Arora, Sayan Chattopadhyay, Sonal Bajpai Banerjee, Kalyan Banerjee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male
Salivary Gland Calculi Floor of mouth business.industry Dentistry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Article Lesion Swallowing Male patient Surgical removal Oral and maxillofacial pathology Submandibular Gland Diseases Oral and maxillofacial surgery medicine Humans Swelling medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2013 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 50-year-old male patient reported with a chief complaint of pain and intraoral swelling on the left side of the floor of the mouth since last 3 months (figure 1). Initially, owing to poor financial condition, he ignored the lesion and took self-medication and reported only when the pain and swelling became severe, especially during swallowing. Upon examination, the swelling was hard and both swelling and pain aggravated during eating. Occlusal radiographs and orthopantomographs were taken which confirmed sialolith's … |
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