Calcification in Salivary Gland Cancer Mimicking Sialolithiasis-A Diagnostic Pitfall on Imaging: Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of the Literature

Thimsen V, Fauck V, Wiesmüller M, Agaimy A, Schapher M, Iro H, Koch M, Mantsopoulos K (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Journal of Clinical Medicine MDPI

Book Volume: 11

Journal Issue: 12

DOI: 10.3390/jcm11123329

Abstract

Objectives: Sialolithiasis is the most common cause of calcifications detected with ultrasound in patients with chronic inflammatory symptoms and swellings of the salivary glands. Other differential diagnoses of calcifications are extremely rare and mostly benign. Methods: Case report and literature review. Results: Two rare cases of malignant parotid gland tumors with calcifications in a localization typical for sialolithiasis, which were mistaken for salivary calculi based on image findings, are presented. Conclusions: This report intends to highlight the pitfalls in the imaging of parotid gland diseases. Even if malignant tumors of the parotid gland with calcifications are extremely rare, in ambiguous cases, differential diagnoses should be considered carefully. A high suspicion index of the need for further diagnostics in cases with calcifications is practical and could include missing periprandial symptoms, no obstruction signs in the proximal duct, and missing evidence of sialolithiasis in sialendoscopy.

Authors with CRIS profile

Vivian Thimsen Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Vanessa Fauck Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Marco Wiesmüller Lehrstuhl für Klinische Nuklearmedizin Abbas Agaimy Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie Mirco Schapher Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Heinrich Iro Lehrstuhl für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde Michael Koch Medizinische Fakultät Konstantinos Mantsopoulos Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

How to cite

APA:

Thimsen, V., Fauck, V., Wiesmüller, M., Agaimy, A., Schapher, M., Iro, H.,... Mantsopoulos, K. (2022). Calcification in Salivary Gland Cancer Mimicking Sialolithiasis-A Diagnostic Pitfall on Imaging: Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of the Literature. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123329

MLA:

Thimsen, Vivian, et al. "Calcification in Salivary Gland Cancer Mimicking Sialolithiasis-A Diagnostic Pitfall on Imaging: Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of the Literature." Journal of Clinical Medicine 11.12 (2022).

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