Surgical Management of an Anterior Submandibular Gland Sialolithiasis

Abstract

Sialolithiasis is considered as one of the most common disorders of the salivary glands. A history of pain or/and swelling in the salivary glands, especially during meal, suggests this diagnosis. For small and accessible stones, conservative therapies like milking of ducts with palliative therapy can produce satisfactory results. Surgical management should be considered when the stone/stones are inaccessible or large in size, as conservative therapies turned out to be unsatisfactory. The aim of this paper is to describe one more case to the literature and review the theories of etiology, clinical features, available diagnostic, and treatment procedures.