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Review
. 2013 Oct;77(10):1782-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.07.025. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

Complete agenesis of major salivary glands

E Berta  1 , G Bettega, P S Jouk, G Billy, F Nugues, B Morand
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Review

Complete agenesis of major salivary glands

E Berta et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Oct.

Abstract

A 4 year-old female patient was treated for persistent right-sided dacryocystitis and xerostomia. MRI was performed to screen for a dry syndrome; which resulted in the diagnosis of agenesis of the parotid and submandibular glands as well as lacrimal duct malformation. An MRI of each parent was normal. The mother's history revealed 4 days of pyrexia during the 8th week of amenorrhea. This was an isolated case, with no family history, characterized by a febrile episode during pregnancy at the period of main salivary gland genesis. Epigenetic mechanisms could be implicated.

Keywords: ALSG (aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands); LADD (lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital syndrome); Nasolacrimal duct agenesis; Salivary glands; Xerostomia.

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