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Salivary Calcifications and Cysts

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With the parotid gland,

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this is not an atypical finding,

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and that is that you have both calcifications

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around the periphery of the

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parotid gland that are unlikely

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to represent ductal stones.

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This is probably calcification within the acini of the

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actual glandular tissue of the parotid gland,

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as well as potential stones within the ductal system.

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So here you can see, bilaterally, that there

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are these focal areas of calcification.

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And this situation may be an obstructing stone with

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a cystic dilation of the ductal system here.

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So...

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and there is an overlying inflammation as well,

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and somewhat irregular nature to both

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parotid glands in this patient.

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So when you have these multiple little fine

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calcifications in the gland,

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as well as cysts within the gland,

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this may represent something like Sjogren's syndrome

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as opposed to just ductal

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calcification as the etiology for the findings.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Salivary Glands

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Neuroradiology

Head and Neck

CT

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