Premium
Anorexia/bulimia‐related sialadenosis of palatal minor salivary glands
Author(s) -
Mignogna M. D.,
Fedele S.,
Lo Russo L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2004.00208.x
Subject(s) - anorexia , medicine , minor salivary glands , biopsy , soft palate , salivary gland , lesion , sialadenitis , pathology , anorexia nervosa , eating disorders , surgery , psychiatry
In patients affected by alimentary disorders sialadenosis is frequently observed. This non‐inflammatory condition is described to affect major salivary glands, leading to the characteristic parotid and/or submandibular swelling. Thus fine‐needle aspiration cytology or parotid open biopsy are generally required to diagnose histologically the disorder. We report the case of a 28‐year‐old patient affected by bulimia/anorexia nervosa who presented, in addition to parotid enlargement, a bilateral symmetric painless soft swelling of the hard palate. The lesion was biopsed and histopathological examination showed the classical features of sialadenosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sialadenosis affecting palatal minor salivary glands. It underlines that when sialadenosis is clinically suspected, clinicians could check also patients‘ oral cavity for minor salivary glands involvement, in order to potentially avoid invasive extra‐oral procedures and to easily confirm diagnosis with an intra‐oral biopsy.