A Rare Case of Multiple Calcifications and Vascular Malformation Within the Parenchyma of the Parotid Salivary Gland Coinciding With an Intracranial Meningioma

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Bakr, Mahmoud
Poon, Pak
Parkinson, Sylvana
Khzam, Nabil
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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Multiple calcifications in salivary glands have been previously reported in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
However, the etiology and mechanism of formation of such calcifications are not yet fully understood. A very rare case
of a 50 year female with multiple calcifications and vascular malformation within the left parotid salivary gland is
presented. Further investigations of the lesion uncovered an intracranial meningioma in the contralateral posterior
cranial fossa. Additional investigations and multidisciplinary specialist management was deemed necessary to shed
some light on the degree of association between the ...
View more >Multiple calcifications in salivary glands have been previously reported in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. However, the etiology and mechanism of formation of such calcifications are not yet fully understood. A very rare case of a 50 year female with multiple calcifications and vascular malformation within the left parotid salivary gland is presented. Further investigations of the lesion uncovered an intracranial meningioma in the contralateral posterior cranial fossa. Additional investigations and multidisciplinary specialist management was deemed necessary to shed some light on the degree of association between the calcific foci within the parotid gland and the intracranial meningioma.
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View more >Multiple calcifications in salivary glands have been previously reported in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. However, the etiology and mechanism of formation of such calcifications are not yet fully understood. A very rare case of a 50 year female with multiple calcifications and vascular malformation within the left parotid salivary gland is presented. Further investigations of the lesion uncovered an intracranial meningioma in the contralateral posterior cranial fossa. Additional investigations and multidisciplinary specialist management was deemed necessary to shed some light on the degree of association between the calcific foci within the parotid gland and the intracranial meningioma.
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Journal Title
Annals of International Medical and Dental Research
Volume
3
Issue
5
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© The author(s), publisher 2017. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research (AIMDR) is an Official Publication of “Society for Health Care & Research Development”. It is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral Medicine and Pathology