We also see other rare cancers, including salivary gland cancers and cancers in the sinuses and nose. Tonsils, located on the left and right sides of the back of the throat, are part of the immune ...
Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.
The glands had a firm, rubbery consistence; they were neither tender nor inflamed, and the overlying skin was freely movable. Two patients had associated swelling of the submaxillary salivary glands.
Objective Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is characterised by chronic hyperactivation of B lymphocytes. Salivary gland epithelial cells (SGECs) could play a role in promoting B-lymphocyte activation ...
high-grade histology, lymph node metastasis, LVI, and a diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (Table 1). These factors were further evaluated in multivariable analysis. Table 1. Baseline data of ...
Objectives: Our study aimed to clarify the etiology and molecular variation of the target organ, salivary glands (SGs), in pSS by stratifying them into distinguishable subgroups, which could inform ...
Periodontal disease is classically characterized by progressive destruction of the soft and hard tissues of the periodontal complex, mediated by an interplay between dysbiotic microbial communities ...