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Salivary Gland Infection

MedGen UID:
98220
•Concept ID:
C0392318
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Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A viral (such as mumps) or bacterial infectious process affecting the salivary gland. The salivary gland becomes enlarged and is often painful. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults.
Pynnonen MA, Gillespie MB, Roman B, Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Bontempo L, Brook I, Chick DA, Colandrea M, Finestone SA, Fowler JC, Griffith CC, Henson Z, Levine C, Mehta V, Salama A, Scharpf J, Shatzkes DR, Stern WB, Youngerman JS, Corrigan MD
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Sep;157(2_suppl):S1-S30. doi: 10.1177/0194599817722550. PMID: 28891406
Xerostomia: etiology, recognition and treatment.
Guggenheimer J, Moore PA
J Am Dent Assoc 2003 Jan;134(1):61-9; quiz 118-9. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0018. PMID: 12555958
Differential diagnosis of cervicofacial swellings.
Knewitz KW, Devine KD, Waite DE
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1968 Jan;25(1):43-8. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(68)90195-3. PMID: 5235655

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus, Ae. aegypti and human populations to Ross River virus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fu JYL, Chua CL, Abu Bakar AS, Vythilingam I, Wan Sulaiman WY, Alphey L, Chan YF, Sam IC
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023 Jun;17(6):e0011423. Epub 2023 Jun 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011423. PMID: 37307291Free PMC Article
Minor salivary gland infection as origin of peritonsillitis - novel theory and preliminary results.
Vanhapiha N, Sanmark E, Blomgren K, Wikstén J
Acta Otolaryngol 2022 Feb;142(2):182-186. Epub 2022 Jan 24 doi: 10.1080/00016489.2022.2026003. PMID: 35073502
Bacterial biofilm in salivary stones.
Perez-Tanoira R, Aarnisalo A, Haapaniemi A, Saarinen R, Kuusela P, Kinnari TJ
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Jun;276(6):1815-1822. Epub 2019 Apr 26 doi: 10.1007/s00405-019-05445-1. PMID: 31028534Free PMC Article
Neck computed tomography in pediatric neck mass as initial evaluation in ED: is it malpractice?
Lee DY, Seok J, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Sung MW, Hah JH
Am J Emerg Med 2014 Oct;32(10):1237-40. Epub 2014 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.07.031. PMID: 25171800
A retrospective examination of sporozoite- and trophozoite-induced infections with Plasmodium falciparum: development of parasitologic and clinical immunity during primary infection.
Collins WE, Jeffery GM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999 Jul;61(1 Suppl):4-19. doi: 10.4269/tropmed.1999.61-04. PMID: 10432041

Diagnosis

Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus, Ae. aegypti and human populations to Ross River virus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fu JYL, Chua CL, Abu Bakar AS, Vythilingam I, Wan Sulaiman WY, Alphey L, Chan YF, Sam IC
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023 Jun;17(6):e0011423. Epub 2023 Jun 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011423. PMID: 37307291Free PMC Article
Murine Cytomegalovirus Spread Depends on the Infected Myeloid Cell Type.
Farrell HE, Bruce K, Lawler C, Stevenson PG
J Virol 2019 Aug 1;93(15) Epub 2019 Jul 17 doi: 10.1128/JVI.00540-19. PMID: 31092580Free PMC Article
Unusual Presentation of a Large Multilocular Second Branchial Cleft Cyst.
Al Sukhun J, El Naggar M
J Craniofac Surg 2019 Sep;30(6):1772-1773. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005506. PMID: 31033768
Neck computed tomography in pediatric neck mass as initial evaluation in ED: is it malpractice?
Lee DY, Seok J, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Sung MW, Hah JH
Am J Emerg Med 2014 Oct;32(10):1237-40. Epub 2014 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.07.031. PMID: 25171800

Therapy

Bacterial biofilm in salivary stones.
Perez-Tanoira R, Aarnisalo A, Haapaniemi A, Saarinen R, Kuusela P, Kinnari TJ
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Jun;276(6):1815-1822. Epub 2019 Apr 26 doi: 10.1007/s00405-019-05445-1. PMID: 31028534Free PMC Article
Variation in competence for ZIKV transmission by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Mexico.
Garcia-Luna SM, Weger-Lucarelli J, Rückert C, Murrieta RA, Young MC, Byas AD, Fauver JR, Perera R, Flores-Suarez AE, Ponce-Garcia G, Rodriguez AD, Ebel GD, Black WC 4th
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 Jul;12(7):e0006599. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006599. PMID: 29965958Free PMC Article
Oral infections and antibiotic therapy.
Levi ME, Eusterman VD
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Feb;44(1):57-78, v. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.10.003. PMID: 21093623
A retrospective examination of sporozoite- and trophozoite-induced infections with Plasmodium falciparum: development of parasitologic and clinical immunity during primary infection.
Collins WE, Jeffery GM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999 Jul;61(1 Suppl):4-19. doi: 10.4269/tropmed.1999.61-04. PMID: 10432041

Prognosis

Minor salivary gland infection as origin of peritonsillitis - novel theory and preliminary results.
Vanhapiha N, Sanmark E, Blomgren K, Wikstén J
Acta Otolaryngol 2022 Feb;142(2):182-186. Epub 2022 Jan 24 doi: 10.1080/00016489.2022.2026003. PMID: 35073502
Neck computed tomography in pediatric neck mass as initial evaluation in ED: is it malpractice?
Lee DY, Seok J, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Sung MW, Hah JH
Am J Emerg Med 2014 Oct;32(10):1237-40. Epub 2014 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.07.031. PMID: 25171800

Clinical prediction guides

Minor salivary gland infection as origin of peritonsillitis - novel theory and preliminary results.
Vanhapiha N, Sanmark E, Blomgren K, Wikstén J
Acta Otolaryngol 2022 Feb;142(2):182-186. Epub 2022 Jan 24 doi: 10.1080/00016489.2022.2026003. PMID: 35073502
Membrane feeding of dengue patient's blood as a substitute for direct skin feeding in studying Aedes-dengue virus interaction.
Tan CH, Wong PS, Li MZ, Yang HT, Chong CS, Lee LK, Yuan S, Leo YS, Ng LC, Lye DC
Parasit Vectors 2016 Apr 15;9:211. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1469-6. PMID: 27083158Free PMC Article
Neck computed tomography in pediatric neck mass as initial evaluation in ED: is it malpractice?
Lee DY, Seok J, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Sung MW, Hah JH
Am J Emerg Med 2014 Oct;32(10):1237-40. Epub 2014 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.07.031. PMID: 25171800

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