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sialadenitis
Saturday 19 July 2003
Inflammation of salivary glands.
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Definition: Sialadenitis is the inflammation of the salivary gland parenchyma.
Types
acute sialdenitis
chronic sialadenitis
- lymphocytic sialadenitis
- histiocytic sialadenitis (macrophagic sialadenitis )
- granulomatous sialadenitis
- sclerosing sialadenitis
Etiology
infectious sialadenitis
dysimmune
- autoimmune sialadenitis
- IgG4-associated sialadenitis