Pediatric sialolithiasis distinctive characteristic in radiological imaging.

Aim of the present paper was to investigate the imaging and related clinical characteristics of sialolithiasis in Italian pediatric population trying to determine the difference between pediatric and adult. Twenty-nine pediatric patients (age range 1-17 years) with pain and postprandial swelling and/or purulent discharge in the salivary gland areas were referred to radiology department after pediatric ear, nose and throat (ENT) evaluation. They all were submitted to ultrasound examination of the main salivary glands. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) only was performed in 2/6 patients, in 2/6 patients both sialography and MDCT were performed due to inconclusive MDCT features, 2/6 onl…

Diverticoli duttali delle ghiandole salivari maggiori.

Aspetti radiologici in 6 casi di fistole salivari.

Analisi della tollerabilità dell'indagine scialografica.

PAEDIATRIC SIALOLITHIASIS:MDCT AND SIALOGRAPHY ASPECTS. A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE