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Agenesis of a submandibular gland with compensatory pseudotumoral hypertrophy of the contralateral gland: Sonographic findings
Author(s) -
Park So Hyun,
Sohn YuMee,
Kim EunKyung
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.21991
Subject(s) - submandibular gland , medicine , muscle hypertrophy , asymptomatic , agenesis , anatomy , pathology
Agenesis of a submandibular gland with compensatory hypertrophy of the contralateral gland is an extremely rare disorder. Most reported cases of unilateral submandibular agenesis have been asymptomatic without any associated facial anomalies. We report a case of submandibular gland hypertrophy mimicking a mass that was detected incidentally. The absence of the contralateral submandibular gland and associated contralateral sublingual gland hypertrophy was confirmed by typical imaging findings. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 41 :15–17, 2013