Ultrasound-Guided Extraoral Removal of Extraparenchymal Sialoliths Caused by Acute Parotitis
Published: January 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/40036.12505
Toshinori Iwai, Satomi Sugiyama, Yuichiro Hayashi, Makoto Hirota, Kenji Mitsudo
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
2. Clinical Fellow, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
3. Clinical Fellow, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
5. Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Correspondence
Dr. Toshinori Iwai,
3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
E-mail: iwai104oams@yahoo.co.jp
Migration of sialoliths is extremely rare and is presumed to be a consequence of abscess formation. We report a minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided, extraoral approach for the removal of extraparenchymal sialoliths caused by acute parotitis. A 57-year-old man with left buccal swelling and pain had two parotid sialoliths. Buccal undulation was present after administration of antibiotics, and ultrasound showed extraparenchymal sialoliths. The migrated sialoliths from the parotid gland could be identified easily under ultrasound guidance and removed completely with long mosquito forceps via the small skin incision.
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