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An unusual giant subacute necrotizing sialadenitis as an emergency case of otolaryngology

Kulak Burun Boğaz acili olarak başvuran nadir büyüklükte subakut nekrotizan siyaladenit olgusu

Ahmet Eyibilen(Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
Nilüfer Çakır Özkan(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
İbrahim Aladağ(Department of Otolaryngology Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
Fatih Özkan(Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
Ziya Kaya(Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
Reşit Doğan Köseoğlu(Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
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2009-08-18
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To avoid unnecessary surgical intervention, it is necessary to diagnose subacute necrotizing sialadenitis correctly, which can be confused with malignant diseases of the salivary glands.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Subacute necrotizing sialadenitis is an inflammatory necrotizing lesion occurring in minor salivary glands.
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Key Findings & Data:In this article, we reported a 36-year-old man referred to our clinic as an emergency with the complaints of excessive bleeding, airway obstruction and hipovolemia.
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Conclusion & Impact:To avoid unnecessary surgical intervention, it is necessary to diagnose subacute necrotizing sialadenitis correctly, which can be confused with malignant diseases of the salivary glands.
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⚙️Variables:Carcinoma · salivary glands · subacute necrotizing sialadenitis

Abstract

Subacute necrotizing sialadenitis is an inflammatory necrotizing lesion occurring in minor salivary glands. Most cases occur in the palatal region. In this article, we reported a 36-year-old man referred to our clinic as an emergency with the complaints of excessive bleeding, airway obstruction and hipovolemia. Intraorally, there was a hemorrhagic, protruding giant mass in the palatal region. Following the first biopsy, which was not diagnostic, a second biopsy was performed. Histopathologic examination showed acinar cell necrosis and dense inflammation of the affected minor salivary glands in the second biopsy. The diagnosis of subacute necrotizing sialadenitis was made on the basis of clinical and histologic features of the lesion. Subacute necrotizing sialadenitis is a rare lesion, and admittance to the otolaryngology clinic as an emergency case is much rarer. To avoid unnecessary surgical intervention, it is necessary to diagnose subacute necrotizing sialadenitis correctly, which can be confused with malignant diseases of the salivary glands.

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Subakut nekrotizan siyaladenit, küçük tükürük bezlerinde görülen enflamatuvar nekrotizan bir hastalıktır. Olguların çoğu üst damak yerleşim- lidir. Bu yazıda, aşırı kanama, üst solunum yolu tıkanıklığı ve hipovolemi bulgularıyla kliniğimize acilen refere edilen 36 yaşında erkek hasta sunul- du. Oral kavite ortaya konduğunda üst damakta protrude olmuş kanamalı büyük bir kitle varlığı görüldü. Tanısal olmayan birinci biyopsiden sonra ikinci biyopsi alındı ve histopatolojik olarak tükü- rük bezi asiner hücrelerinde yoğun enflamasyon ve nekroz görüldü. Lezyonun histolojik özellikleri ve mevcut kliniğine göre subakut nekrotizan siya- ladenit tanısı kondu. Nadir bir lezyon olan suba- kut nekrotizan siyaladenit olgusunun, acil olarak kulak burun boğaz kliniğine gelmiş olması çok daha nadirdir. Tükürük bezinin malign hastalıkla- rıyla karıştırılabilen subakut nekrotizan siyalade- nitte gereksiz cerrahiden kaçınmak için doğru tanı konması esastır

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Eyibilen, A., Özkan, N. Ç., Aladağ, İ., Özkan, F., Kaya, Z., Köseoğlu, R. D. (2009). An unusual giant subacute necrotizing sialadenitis as an emergency case of otolaryngology. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, Volume: 19 Issue: 4. https://ajindex.com/articles/1329885

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