ISSN:
1432-2307
Keywords:
Calcium
;
Ectopic calcification
;
Salivary gland calculi
;
Salivary glands
;
Sialadenitis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Although salivary calcification is relatively common, little is known about the localization and content of the calcium of normal and diseased human salivary glands. We investigated this in chronic submandibular sialadenitis with a variable mixture of relatively normal and extremely atrophic parenchyma and in normal submandibular, parotid and palatal glands. Calcium was localized histochemically in mucous acinar cells of submandibular and palatal glands at moderate to high levels, in serous acinar cells of submandibular and parotid glands at low to moderate or occasionally high levels, in mucous ductal cells at moderate to high levels, and in extremely atrophic parenchyma at low levels or not at all. Calcium was determined biochemically at relatively high levels in the different glands in the order palatal, submandibular, sialadenitis and parotid. However, the differences were small. The results indicate that most salivary calcium is associated with secretory granules; this is the likely source of the calcium involved in salivary calcification
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01606428
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