Sialosis: 35 cases of persistent parotid swelling from two countries

Scully, Crispian; Bagán, Jose V.; Eveson, John W.; Barnard, Neal; Turner, Fiona M.

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.01.014

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Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 468-472, September 2008

Sialosis: 35 cases of persistent parotid swelling from two countries

Crispian Scully
- UCL Eastman Dental Institute, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LD, UK
- Department of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol Dental Hospital and School Lower Maudlin Street Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 020 7915 1038; fax: +44 020 7915 1039.
Jose V. Bagán
- Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
John W. Eveson
- Department of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol Dental Hospital and School Lower Maudlin Street Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK
Neal Barnard
- Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Newtown Road, Worcester, WR5 1DD, UK
Fiona M. Turner
- Department of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol Dental Hospital and School Lower Maudlin Street Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK
- 15 Rata Street, New Lynn, PO Box 15 564, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted 31 January 2008. published online 17 March 2008.

Abstract

Diffuse, non-inflammatory, non-neoplastic enlargement of the major salivary glands (sialosis) is uncommon and has various systemic causes. This paper examines 35 patients whose persistent swelling of the parotid was diagnosed as sialosis, and shows that diabetes mellitus and alcoholism are the most common causes.

Keywords: Oral, Salivary, Sialosis, Diabetes, Alcohol, Bulimia