Bilateral parotid sialolithiasis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and immunoglobulin G multiple myeloma.

Abstract

Bilateral multiple parotid calculi, which are uncommonly diagnosed in the normal population, have never been reported in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Herein we report a case of bilateral parotid sialolithiasis in a patient who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and was affected by multiple myeloma. The possible etiopathogenesis in view of the alterations of immunity, oral pH, and salivary composition that are observed in multiple myeloma and in human immunodeficiency virus infection are discussed.

• Authors: F Ottaviani, A Galli, M B Lucia, G Ventura
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod) Vol. 83 Issue 5 Pg. 552-4 (May 1997) ISSN: 1079-2104 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9159814 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (complications)
• Adult
• Fatal Outcome
• Humans
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Male
• Multiple Myeloma (complications)
• Parotid Diseases (etiology)
• Saliva (chemistry)
• Salivary Gland Calculi (etiology)