Salivary glands disorder

Xerostomia is

• excess saliva

• drooling

• dry mouth

• burning sensation

True about sjogren syndrome (SS) except

• primary SS associated with other connective tissue disease

• labial minor salivary gland required for dx

• also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca

• positive ANA, SSA and SSB autoantibodies

Sialolithiasis

• common in hypercalcemia

• parotid is the most common location

• causes retrograde sialadenitis

• not causing pain

Most common location for salivary gland calculi

• parotid gland

• submandibular gland

• sublingual gland

• minor salivary gland

Choose which diagram represent mucous extravasation cyst

• 1

• 2

This is NOT a DDX for the lesion

• necrotising sialometaplasia

• gumma

• nasopalatine duct cyst

• mucoepidermoid carcinoma

The patient complained of intermittent pain, worsen during meal time. The lesion seen in the photo is most likely to be:

• ranula

• lipoma

• sialolith

• neurofibroma

Salivary hypofunction is indicated when

• unstimulated salivary flow rate <0.1ml/min

• unstimulated salivary flow rate 1ml/min

This is a sialogram of

• necrotising sialometaplasis

• sialosis

• pleomorphic adenoma

• sjogren syndrom

Choose the correct statement for pleomorphic adenoma

• is encapsulated

• is a low grade malignancy

• only affects parotid gland