Oral Medicine & Pathology

Sialosis: Clinical features, Incidence, Etiology, Diagnosis, Management

 

Sialosis

 

Clinical features

– Painless bilateral swelling, typically of parotids.

Incidence

– Uncommon.

Aetiology

– The common feature is autonomic neuropathy.

– Known causes include:

Neurogenic:
various drugs such as isoprenaline

Dystrophic-metabolic:
anorexia-bulimia, alcoholic cirrhosis, diabetes, malnutrition, thyroid disease,
acromegaly and pregnancy.

– The condition is frequently idiopathic.

Diagnosis

– Clinical.

– Blood glucose, liver function tests, possibly growth hormone levels.

Management

– Exclude and treat predisposing causes.

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