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Query: UMLS:C0019270 (
hernia
)
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Salivary calculi are frequent and revealed by very painful signs, which need an urgent therapy. These calculi are more often localized in the submaxillary gland, sometimes in the parotid gland, and unfrequently in the sublingual glands. Their clinical signs include an increased volume of the gland (salivary
hernia
), pain of infectious complication. Diagnosis is confirmed by standard x-ray and sialography, which also predicate the localization of the calculi. The treatment is symptomatic including antispasmodic, sympatholytic and
parasympathomimetic
drugs and washings of the canal with antibiotic solutions. After few months of this treatment, the surgical treatment is indicated if the calculi stays in the canal. Depending on the localization of the calculi, the access way will be either endobuccal or external.
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PMID:[Salivary calculi]. 162 Oct 61
