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Spontaneous passage of a submandibular salivary calculus in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. S. Walsh*
Affiliation:
Registrar, Accident and Emergency, Dept, Royal Liverpool, Children's Hospital.
W. J. Robson
Affiliation:
Consultant, Accident and Emergency, Dept, Royal Liverpool, Children's Hospital.
*
S. Walsh, MRCP, DCH, Department of Child Health, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyen NE2 2HH.

Abstract

Inflammatory Salivary disease in childhood is an infrequent clinical entity. That associated with sialolithiasis is rare. We report a case of a child with spontaneous passage of a submandibular calculus. We believe she represents the youngest patient documented to demonstrate the phenomenon.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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