SAEM Clinical Images Series: There’s a Stone Under My Tongue
ALiEM
AUGUST 28, 2023
Case Discussion Take-Home Points Dehydration, trauma, anticholinergics, and diuretics predispose to the formation of sialoliths, with 80-90% arising from the submandibular glands. The emergency physician made a single 1 cm incision over the calculus and a 0.5 cm sialolith was removed with minimal bleeding. Etiologic factors in sialolithiasis.
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