From flinical point of view it is possible to distinguish the following kinds of sialadenosis according to the syntropy with various diseases: Endocrine sialadenosis (in diabetes mellitus, dysfunction of gonads, pituitary gland, thyroid gland etc.); dystrophic-metabolic sialadenosis (malnutrition, avitaminosis, .
Histologically, sialoliths are composed of varying ratios of organic and inorganic materials within an inner core.
The inner core is considered the initial sialolith, which subsequently enlarges from the deposition of additional organic and inorganic material, forming the outer lamellae (layers)..
Sialadenitis can be further classed as acute or chronic.
Acute sialadenitis is an acute inflammation of a salivary gland which may present itself as a red, painful swelling that is tender to touch.
Chronic sialadenitis is typically less painful but presents as recurrent swellings, usually after meals, without redness..
The diagnosis of silaladenosis must exclude inflammatory causes of salivary gland swelling, particularly Sjogren's syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, sarcoidosis, and lymphoepithelial diseases by relevant investigations
Other condition of sialadenitis will be excluded as it contains inflammatory cells on the background
On fine needle aspiration cytology, it was suggestive of sialadenosis
This is an extremely rare salivary gland lesion with specific cellular features
It is very important to distinguish sialadenosis from other causes of enlargement of the parotid gland as treatment modality differs
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A diffuse, chronic, usually bilateral, noninflammatory, nonneoplastic enlargement of major salivary glands is termed as Sialosis or Sialadenosis
It is an extremely uncommon cause for enlargement of the parotid gland
