sialosyrinx

Example:The patient was diagnosed with sialoadenosis due to the enlarged salivary glands causing pressure on the ducts.

Definition:a benign condition of enlargement of the submandibular and/or sublingual salivary glands causing swelling or obturation of the ducts, similar to a sialosyrinx but without the cystic dilation

Example:The inflammation of the submandibular glands led to the formation of a cystic structure, suspecting it to be an adenotubulitis.

Definition:inflammation of the ducts and glandular tissue, which can lead to the formation of cystic structures like a sialosyrinx