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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 15(2); 1972 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1972;15(2): 53-5.
A Large Salivary Stone of the Submaxillary Gland
Young Il Moon, MD, Hee Nam Kim, MD, and Myung Kap Kim, MD (Director : Prof. Gill Ryoung Kim, MD)
Department of Otolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
거대한 악하선타석의 1례
문영일 · 김희남 · 김명갑 (지도 : 김기령 교수)
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

The authors have recently experienced a case of very large salivary stone of the left submaxillary gland. A 34-year-old man visited the department of otolaryngology Yonsei University, Severance hospital on 27 July 1971 with complaints of walnut sized hard mass on the left submaxillary region and mastication difficulty. He has been relatively well until 10 days prior to visit when he has experienced pus discharge and noticed above mass. Physical examination revealed a previous surgical wound and opening, 0.8×0.9 cm2 in size, on the anteroinferior portion of the anterior pilla of the left palatine tonsil and a hard, grayish white mass was there. Plain A-P and both oblique mandibular viewed radiological examination revealed a round radioopaque density on the left submaxillary region. A stone was removed transoral approach under the general anesthesia, it was grayish-white in color, 3×2×2 cm3 in size, 7 gm in weight, and the chemical composition of the stone was verified as mainly Ca-phosphate and Ca-oxalate in ammoniacal matrix.

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