tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Diseases of the salivary glands in infants and adolescents"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Diseases of the salivary glands in infants and adolescents | Ellies and Laskawi Head Face Medicine 2010 6 1 http content 6 1 1 HEAD FACE MEDICINE REVIEW Open Access Diseases of the salivary glands in infants and adolescents Maik Ellies Rainer Laskawi Abstract Background Diseases of the salivary glands are rare in infants and children with the exception of diseases such as parotitis epidemica and cytomegaly and the therapeutic regimen differs from that in adults. It is therefore all the more important to gain exact and extensive insight into general and special aspects of pathological changes of the salivary glands in these age groups. Etiology and pathogenesis of these entities is still not yet fully known for the age group in question so that general rules for treatment based on clinical experience cannot be given particularly in view of the small number of cases of the different diseases. Swellings of the salivary glands may be caused by acute and chronic inflammatory processes by autoimmune diseases by duct translocation due to sialolithiasis and by tumors of varying dignity. Clinical examination and diagnosis has also to differentiate between salivary gland cysts and inflammation or tumors. Conclusion Salivary gland diseases are rare in childhood and adolescence. Their pattern of incidence differs very much from that of adults. Acute and chronic sialadenitis not responding to conservative treatment requires an appropriate surgical approach. The rareness of salivary gland tumors is particularly true for the malignant parotid tumors which are more frequent in juvenile patients a fact that has to be considered in diagnosis and therapy. Introduction Diseases of the salivary glands are rare in infants and children with the exception of diseases such as parotitis epidemica and cytomegaly and the therapeutic regimen differs from that in adults. It is therefore all the more important to gain exact and extensive insight into general and special aspects of pathological changes of the salivary glands in these