Imaging Science in Dentistry

Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (대한영상치의학회)
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Developmental salivary gland defect : Literatures review and case analysis of 12 cases

발육성 타액선 골 결손의 문헌 고찰 및 증례 분석

  • Kim Hak-Kyun (Department of Oral and Maxiliofacial Surgery and Oral Biology Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Chosun University) ;
  • Kim Jin-Soo (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and Oral Biology Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Chosun University) ;
  • Kim Jae-Duk (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and Oral Biology Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Chosun University)
  • 김학균 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실 및 구강생물학연구소) ;
  • 김진수 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실 및 구강생물학연구소) ;
  • 김재덕 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실 및 구강생물학연구소)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

Purpose : To review developmental salivary gland defect based on 12 reported cases and literature, and to guide radiographic diagnosis of this entity. Materials and Methods : The 12 cases of developmental salivary gland defect of Chosun University Dental Hospital in the last 4 years were analyzed and compared with previous reported cases. Result : 11 of the 12 cases were found in men, indicating a very strong male predilection. The peak age was in the 6th decade. These defects were situated just above or at the inferior border of mandible between the first molar and the mandibular angle, and always Inferior to the mandibular canal. Only one case was superimposed with the mandibular canal, 6 cases were superimposed with the inferior border of the mandible. Conclusion : Characteristically, these defects had a special radiographic features such as ovoid shaped well-defined radiolucency located just above or at the inferior border of the mandible between the first molar and the mandibular angle, and always inferior to the mandibular canal. The recognition of these radiographic features were diagnostically valuable.

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