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Disorders of Salivary Glands

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Abstract

Primary salivary gland disorders are uncommon in the pediatric population. Infectious, neoplastic, granulomatous, and systemic disorders can occur, thereby resulting in a broad differential diagnosis. Several advances have been made over the past decade with regard to minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures aimed to treat salivary gland pathology.

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Sidell, D.R., Shapiro, N.L. (2020). Disorders of Salivary Glands. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_93-1

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