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Lipomatous infiltration of the canine salivary gland
Author(s) -
Brown P. J.,
Lucke V. M.,
Sozmen M.,
Whitbread T. J.,
Wyatt J. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb03353.x
Subject(s) - infiltration (hvac) , medicine , pathology , connective tissue , salivary gland , lymphocytic infiltration , submandibular gland , parotid gland , thermodynamics , physics
Benign connective tumours of the canine salivary glands are rare. This report describes lipomatous infiltration of parotid or submandibular salivary glands in seven dogs in which the glands were enlarged as a result of infiltration by fat cells; they appeared to have been successfully treated by local excision. The precise cause of the lipomatous infiltration in the dogs is unclear but different causes of similar lesions in humans are discussed.