These include the parotid glands in front of the ears, the submandibular glands under the chin, and the sublingual glands under the tongue. A salivary gland infection, or sialadenitis, can stem ...

Despite drainage of the localised neck abscess and the administration of systemic antibiotics, his submandibular abscess extended to involve the pericardial and pleural cavities. Drainage ...

Sialadenitis is a bacterial infection of the salivary gland ... commonly affect the parotid glands but can also affect the submandibular gland and minor salivary glands. These tumors are usually ...

An infection of the salivary gland occurs when ... of part or all of the parotid salivary gland or removal of the submandibular salivary gland. There’s no way to prevent most salivary gland ...

In Ludwig's angina, the submandibular space is the primary site of infection. [54] This space is subdivided by the mylohyoid muscle into the sublingual space superiorly and the submaxillary space ...

They filter the lymphatic fluid of unwanted debris and bacteria and serve as early warning devices for the presence of infection. The submandibular nodes are small, usually measuring approximately ...

Sialography is, however, contraindicated in acute infection or in significant patient contrast allergy. 6 Almost half of the submandibular calculi lie in the distal third of the duct and are ...