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What is a sialolith?

What is a sialolith? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are others obstructions of the salivary ducts that may also be referred to as sialoliths, including infectious blockage, stenosis, etc. There are also other substances besides calcium that may be the cause of the obstruction.
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Indications include the presence of benign and malignant tumors and inflammatory disease with or without intraglandular sialolith iasis.
On the right, the patient had a giant sialolith that had fistulized into the oral cavity.
The pathologic report was sialolith with ductal atrophy.
The MRI confirmed the presence of a superficial parotid mass with a central hypointensity, thought to be a calcification or sialolith.
The entire sialolith measured 35 mm in length, it had a relatively smooth surface, and it was fusiform is shape.
The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism of mineralization and growth of a sialolith by analyzing its micromorphology, crystalline structure, and chemical compositions.

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