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Giant parotid calculus—an unusual presentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Md. Iqbal*
Affiliation:
Bhilai, India
J. G. Murthy
Affiliation:
Bhilai, India
Neeta Sharma
Affiliation:
Bhilai, India
*
Dr S. Md Iqbal, Sr Specialist in charge, Department of ENT, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai (MP)490 006, India.

Abstract

We describe a case of a giant sialolith of Stensen's duct in a 48-year-old woman. The patient was investigated and treated with a mistaken diagnosis of chronic inflammation until the clue to the diagnosis was provided by plain radiography. This is an unusual presentation of a salivary calculus and to our knowledge such a huge parotid calculus has not been reported so far in the literature.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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