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Ectopic submandibular gland presenting as a swelling in the floor of mouth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

S T Barlow ,
N A Drage  and
D W Thomas
S T Barlow
Affiliation:
the Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff, UK.
N A Drage
Affiliation:
the Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff, UK.
D W Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
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Abstract

The authors describe a patient who presented with a left sublingual swelling. Ultrasonic and sialographic investigation showed no salivary tissue in the expected left submandibular region, but a large salivary gland in the left floor of the mouth deep to the mylohyoid muscle. This is likely to represent an ectopically positioned submandibular gland.

Keywords

Submandibular GlandAnatomical ConditionsPathological
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 119 , Issue 11 , November 2005 , pp. 928 - 930
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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