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Sialolith

Etiology

Precipitation of calcified material in the salivary duct

 

Predilection

Adults

Greater in males

 

 

Location

Major and minor salivary gland

 

 

Clinical Appearance

Hard nodule in soft tissue

 

Radiographic Features


Floor of the mouth radiopaque structure

Treatment

Surgical removal of obstruction

 

Diagnostic Process

Clinical Microscopic Radiographic

 

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