POLYCYSTIC DISEASE OF THE SALIVARY-GLANDS - REPORT OF A SUBMAXILLARY SALIVARY-GLANDS LOCATION

Bilateral dysgenetic polycystic disease of parotid glands is an extrem ely rare pathologic condition in wich salivary parenchyma is partially replaced by multiple epithelial-lined cysts nosing from intercalated ducts. Review of the fourteen cases published in literature shows that it affects nearly exclusively women with an history of asymptomatic p rogressive enlargement of almost always both parotid glands. We report here the first case, to our knowledge, of a polycystic disease involv ing both submandibular salivary gland in a man.