Textbook and Color Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology Diagnosis and Management

by Carlson, Eric R.; Ord, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780813802626
• ISBN10: 0813802628
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Textbook and Color Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management provides its readers with a new, landmark text/atlas of this important discipline within oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and general surgery. Written by well-established clinicians, educators, and researchers in oral and maxillofacial surgery, this book brings together information on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of all types of salivary gland pathology. Clear and comprehensive, the Textbook and Color Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology offers complete explanation of all points, supported by a wealth of clinical and surgical illustrations to allow the reader to gain insight into every facet of each pathology and its diagnosis and treatment.

Author Biography

Eric Carlson is Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Robert Ord is Chairman of the Department of Oral-Maxillofacial, University of Maryland Medical System and Head of the Oncology Section of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
The authors are well-established clinicians, educators, and researchers in oral and maxillofacial surgery. They have devoted their careers to the practice of oral and head and neck surgery and serve to educate their national and international audiences on the diagnosis and management of pathologic entities of these areas. Their literature in the areas of the diagnosis and management of salivary gland pathology has been widely quoted in the scientific literature.

Table of Contents

Surgical anatomy, embryology and physiology of the salivary glands

Diagnostic imaging of salivary gland pathology

Infections of the Salivary Glands

Cysts of the Salivary Glands

Sialolithiasis

Systemic diseases affecting the salivary glands

Classification, Grading and Staging of Salivary Gland Tumors

Parotid Tumors

Tumors of the submandibular and sublingual glands

Minor salivary gland tumors

Non-salivary tumors of the salivary glands

Trauma and injuries to the salivary glands

Miscellaneous pathologic processes of the salivary glands

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