ANAMNESIS / SYMPTOMS:
A 70 year old patient suffers from recurrent swellings in the area of the right submandibular gland for some years. He had no acute symptoms in the last months. On palpation the gland seems to be hardened.



FINDINGS
:
On the sonogramm the parenchyma of the right submandibular gland shows inhomogenous echogenic with hyper- and hypoechoic shares. In the area of the glandīs hilum at the dorsal margin of the mylohyoid muscle a hypoechoic band is visible that is caused highly probable by a stasis of saliva in the duct. The base of the tongue and the tonsillar region are without pathological findings.


DIAGNOSIS:
The patient suffers from chronic obstructive sialadenitis.



Informations on the internet:

1) Amersham Health
2) Medecoinfo
3) AHC-Consilium