CH. 21 DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

SALIVARY GLANDS. Sialadenitis - inflammation and swelling of the parotid gland . Mumps was the most common cause of parotitis. He showed a slide of a little girl with bilateral swelling of her parotid glands. You can also get bacterial sialadenitis that is usually due to obstruction of the ducts with stones. Sialolithiasis - stone in the salivary duct. ................
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