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Mikulicz' Disease - A chronic, benign, and usually painless inflammatory swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands. It is considered by some to include the glandular enlargement associated with other diseases, such as Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, etc. |
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Parotid Diseases |
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Salivary Duct Calculi - Presence of small calculi in the terminal salivary ducts (salivary sand), or stones (larger calculi) found in the larger ducts. |
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Salivary Gland Calculi - Calculi occurring in a salivary gland. Most salivary gland calculi occur in the submandibular gland, but can also occur in the parotid gland and in the sublingual and minor salivary glands. |
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Sialadenitis |
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Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing - A benign, inflammatory, variably ulcerated, occasionally bilateral, self-healing lesion of the minor salivary glands that is often confused clinically and histologically with carcinoma. |
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Sialorrhea - Increased salivary flow. |
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Submandibular Gland Diseases |
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Xerostomia - Decreased salivary flow. |
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