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Dislodgement of a submandibular gland sialolith during nasal intubation: A case report
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Dislodgement of a submandibular gland sialolith during nasal intubation: A case report

Edward M. Boyczuk, William Synan, Julius Berger and Bernard D. Gold
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, Vol.64(5), pp.539-540
1987
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(87)90028-4
PMID: 3478636

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Abstract

A case of dislodgement of a submandibular sialolith into the oropharynx during nasal intubation is presented. The deleterious effect of the patient aspirating the stone into the lungs was averted by the taking of a lateral skull radiograph and localization and removal of the sialolith.

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