Duplication of the parotid duct: a previously unreported anomaly

Authors
Aktan, ZA Bilge, O Pinar, YA Ikiz, AO
Citation
Za. Aktan et al., Duplication of the parotid duct: a previously unreported anomaly, SUR RAD AN, 23(5), 2001, pp. 353-354
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY
ISSN journal
09301038 → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
353 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-1038(200109)23:5<353:DOTPDA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A hitherto unreported duplication of the parotid duct in a 63-year-old man is reported. The ducts were found in the right cheek during cadaver dissect ion. The surrounding connective tissue of the ducts was removed and a photo graph was taken. These two parotid ducts were then removed and fixed in a 1 0% formalin solution, embedded in paraffin blocks and the sections stained with hematoxylin eosin. The histologic findings showed that both had the no rmal ductal columnar epithelium. There was only one parotid duct in the lef t cheek.