Diffuse palatal swelling

A 66-year-old white female presented to the Oral Medicine clinic at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (Boston, MA) with a 6-year history of bilateral submandibular and parotid gland swelling. She described asymptomatic swelling in the submandibular region, with intermittent increases and decreases in size, accompanied by subjective xerostomia and xerophthalmia. The patient had an empirical diagnosis of sicca syndrome and had been evaluated by the Departments of Otolaryngology and Rheumatology without resolution of her symptoms.

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - January 12, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Alaa F. Bukhari, Britta E. Magnuson, Bhavik Desai, Monika Pilichowska, Mark A. Lerman Source Type: research