• 作者：Á ; ngel Nieto Sá ; nchez^a ; ^{anieto.hcsc@salud.madrid.org} ; Ruth Garcí ; a Martí ; nez De Bartolomé ; ^b
• 关键词：Glá ; ndula par&oacute ; tida ; Sialodenitis ; Sialodenosis ; Sí ; ndrome de Sjö ; gren
• 刊名：Seminarios de la Fundaci贸n Espa帽ola de Reumatolog铆a
• 出版年：2010
• 期刊代码：pca343_15773566
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July-September 2010
• 卷：11
• 期：3
• 页码：94-99
• 文件大小：581 K

Like any gland, the salivary glands have a stroma and parenchyma. Because of the vascularity in the stroma, these glands are sensitive to systemic processes, and are a good reflection of these diseases. Due to its size, the parotid glands are the most accessible.

Systemic processes are primarily infectious, immune or neoplastic. Other clinical entities also alter the function and morphology of these glands.

Systemic entities affecting the salivary glands can be divided into inflammatory (sialadenitis) and non-inflammatory (sialadenosis). Both manifest as glandular growth.

Screening for systemic diseases, particularly infectious and/or immunologic processes, should always be performed in salivary gland hypertrophy, without forgetting the possibility that the process is neoplastic, either primary or, more rarely, metastatic.