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Suppurative sialadenitis in mandibular gland of a dog - ultrasonographic aspect

Rocco Babicsak, ViviamKutz Arruda, VanesaClaudia Lopes Silva, MariaLucia Gomes Lourenço, MariaSousa Rocha, NoemeCarlos Vulcano, LuizJaqueline Mamprim, Maria

Sialoadenitis is a rare inflammatory disease of salivary glands, which may be caused by infection, trauma or auto-immune disease. Ultrasonography is an imaging method considered extremely advantageous in the identification and assessment of glandular diseases. In this report we describe the cervical sonographic findings in a dog diagnosed with suppurative sialadenitis in bilateral mandibular gland.

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