Diseases

Sialadenitis

INFLAMMATION of salivary tissue (SALIVARY GLANDS), usually due to INFECTION or injuries.

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INFLAMMATION of salivary tissue (SALIVARY GLANDS), usually due to INFECTION or injuries.

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  • Adenitis, Salivary Gland
  • Chronic Sialadenitis
  • Salivary Gland Inflammation
  • Sialitis
  • Sialoadenitis
  • Adenitides, Salivary Gland
  • Chronic Sialadenitides
  • Inflammation, Salivary Gland
  • Inflammations, Salivary Gland
  • Salivary Gland Adenitides
  • Salivary Gland Adenitis
  • Salivary Gland Inflammations
  • Sialadenitides
  • Sialadenitides, Chronic
  • Sialadenitis, Chronic
  • Sialitides
  • Sialoadenitides
  • Irradiation-Induced Sialadenitis
  • Irradiation Induced Sialadenitis
  • Irradiation-Induced Sialadenitides
  • Sialadenitides, Irradiation-Induced
  • Sialadenitis, Irradiation-Induced

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

tuberculous sialitis: coordinate IM with TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL (IM)

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History Note

91(75); was see under SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES 1975-90

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WI 230

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sialadenitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012793. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012793
  2. Sialadenitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialadenitis
  3. Sialadenitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2002586