Salivary Gland Enlargement Flashcards
What are the 3 reasons for change in gland size?
- Viral inflammation
- Secretion retention
- Gland hyperplasia
What can cause viral inflammation in glands?
- Mumps
- HIV
What can cause secretion retention in glands?
- Mucocele
- Duct obstuction
What can cause gland hyperplasis?
- Sialosis (unknown cause)
- Sjogrens syndrome
What are the symptoms of mumps?
- Headache
- Joint pain
- Nausea
- Dry mouth
- Mild abdominal pain
- feeling tired
- Loss of appetite
- Pyrexia of 38C or above
What type of virus is mumps and how is it spread?
- Paramyxovirus
- Droplet spread
- Incubation 2-3weeks
- Symptomatic txt only
What is the type of enlargement seen in salivary glands due to HIV?
- Lympho-proliferative enlargement
When you have unexplained salivary swelling what disease can this be associated with?
- HIV
- Pt may present with no HIV symptoms but also can present with HIV diagnosis
What is a Mucocele?
- Swelling in the mucosa filled with saliva
Where can you find a mucocele?
- In the duct
- Extravasated in to the tissues (mucous extravasation system)
- Common to find in lower lip and soft palate (areas of trauma)
What will a pt complain of for a mucocele?
- Recurrent swelling which may burst in mater of days
- Salty taste when bursts
When should a mucocele be removed by oral surgeon?
- If mucocele becomes hard but will not cause damage if left alon until child becomes of age to get LA instead of GA to remove
What is a Subacute obstruction?
- Swelling associated with the major glands (usually submandibular as duct is longer than parotid)
- Usually associated with duct blockages either by stones or mucous plugging
With a subacute obstruction what will the pt complain of in regard to the swelling?
- Swelling associated with meals
- Swelling increases when ot eating as salivary flow starts
- Swelling decreases when salivary flow stops after meal finished
What is the progression rate of subacute obstruction?
- Slowly progressive over weeks
-Eventually becomes fixed and painful as gland is blocked and saliva cant escape