Salivary gland disease Flashcards
What serious disease can achalasia lead to?
Squamous cell carcinoma
What kind of enzyme is Pepsin?
Enteropeptidase
What is important about the cephalic phase of gastric secretion?
Completely vagal mediated
What are the infectious etiologies of sialadenitis?
Mumps
S. aureus
Fungal
What are some non-infectious etiologies of sialadenitis?
Sjogrens
Sarcoidosis
Radiation
Swollen/painful parotid gland with purulent discharge from the parotid duct is most likely?
Acute bacterial sialadenitis
Play odds: S. aureus
Chronic pain and swelling of salivary gland at mealtime?
Sialolith or other obstruction
Kuttner tumor?
Persistent enlargement of the submandibular gland
Most common benign salivary gland?
Pleomorphic adenoma
Benign salivary tumor with ductal and myoepithelial elements?
Pleomorphic adenoma
What is the Tx for pleomorphic adenoma?
surgical excision
What is the 2nd most common benign salivary tumor?
Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum (Warthin’s tumor)
60 yo male with parotid mass that show cystic spaces with double cell layer in a prominent lymphoid stroma?
Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum (Warthin’s tumor)
What is the most common malignant tumor of salivary tissue?
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Most common location for mucoepidermoid carcinoma?
Parotid gland
minor palate glands
