BILATERAL PAROTID SIALOLITHIASIS IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G MULTIPLE-MYELOMA

Authors
OTTAVIANI F GALLI A LUCIA MB VENTURA G
Citation
F. Ottaviani et al., BILATERAL PAROTID SIALOLITHIASIS IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G MULTIPLE-MYELOMA, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 83(5), 1997, pp. 552-554
Citations number
22
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
83
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
552 - 554
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1997)83:5<552:BPSIAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Bilateral multiple parotid calculi, which are uncommonly diagnosed in the normal population, have never been reported in patients infected w ith human immunodeficiency virus. Herein we report a case of bilateral parotid sialolithiasis in a patient who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and was affected by multiple myeloma. The possible etiopatho genesis in view of the alterations of immunity, oral pH, and salivary composition that are observed in multiple myeloma and in human immunod eficiency virus infection are discussed.