Sialolthiasis is the most common disease of the salivary glands. Large sialoliths have rarely been reported in the salivary ducts. Conservative treatment may be of benefit in the treatment of ...

You might be well aware of the stones that form in your kidneys. But do you know that stones can also develop in your salivary glands? You heard it right! A calcified structure can develop in your ...

Seara Schoenbeck, 13, has enjoyed a healthy childhood until about two years ago when she started feeling terrible pain in her mouth. "You know, I thought it was a cold sore, but then it kept on ...

Doctors report the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20mm salivary stone and repair the salivary duct of a patient. Giant stones have traditionally ...

Read full article: Man arrested in connection with years of ‘Peeping Tom’ reports on Northwest Side, SAPD says The shooting happened just before 8:30 a.m. in the 12200 block of Dewitt Avenue near ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 8-year-old daughter has had intermittent pain underneath her tongue for nearly two years. Her doctor suspects salivary gland stones but cannot see them and tells me they are not ...

What is obstructive salivary gland disease and who does it affect? Everyone is familiar with urinary stones (kidney stones). The same thing can actually happen in your salivary ducts. These types of ...

The submandibular glands are located in the submandibular triangle, which is underneath the mandible (lower jaw bone) and ...

Researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center have reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20-mm salivary stone and ...

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BHUBANESWAR: Bibek Mohanty* would feel a painless lump in the submandibular gland (located below the jaw) whenever he took spicy food and it would disappear within a few hours. Panicked at the ...

Removing the stones without causing injury to the salivary duct was a huge challenge according to the doctors. Doctors removed 53 stones from a 66-year-old Iraqi woman’s glands in an operation at a ...