Js. Zuazua et al., OBSTRUCTIVE SIALADENITIS CAUSED BY INTRAPAROTID DEPOSITS OF GOLD SALTS - A CASE-REPORT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 81(6), 1996, pp. 649-651
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
A case of obstructive sialadenitis caused by deposits of gold salt com
pound in the intraparotid lymphoid tissues in a woman with classic rhe
umatoid arthritis is presented. The patient had been treated with a pa
renteral gold salt compound (sodium aurothiomalate) for 10 years with
chrysotherapy balance of 7525 mg. She presented with swelling of both
parotid glands on eating, and computed tomography images showed accumu
lation of high density spots. Obstructive sialadenitis most probably w
as caused by local compression on the excretory ducts of the parotids.
This clinical disorder should be classified as a case of mechanical,
nontumoral, obstructive sialadenitis caused by gold salt compound.