Lithiasis of Minor Salivary Gland Mimicking a Venous Malformation: Contextual Diode Laser Photocoagulation and Excision

Giuseppe Barile; Eleonora Quercia; Leonardo Barulli; Eugenio Maiorano

doi:10.7759/cureus.7300

Lithiasis of Minor Salivary Gland Mimicking a Venous Malformation: Contextual Diode Laser Photocoagulation and Excision

Cureus. 2020 Mar 17;12(3):e7300. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7300.

Authors

Giuseppe Barile¹, Eleonora Quercia¹, Leonardo Barulli¹, Eugenio Maiorano²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, ITA.
² Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, ITA.

Abstract

Sialolithiasis is the most common disease of the major salivary gland. Lithiasis of minor salivary gland, instead, is very rare. Diagnosis is often challenging as frequency, clinical appearance and symptoms are relatively unknown. We report on a case of minor salivary gland lithiasis of the cheek resembling a venous malformation and its management by diode laser.

Keywords: cheek; diode laser; lithiasis; minor salivary gland; photocoagulation; venous malformation.

Publication types

Case Reports