Vol.96 No.3 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No. 3 March 2003
A Case of Sialodochitis Fibrinosa
Sumihito Kinoshita and Yasuaki Sadanaga
(Kumamoto City Hospital)
We report a 25-year-old female with sialodochitis fibrinosa of the bilateral parotid glands. She had a history of nasal allergy. On microscopic examination of the white mucus plug taken from Stenon's duct, many eosinophils were seen.
Increased IgE was shown by blood examination and Interleukin 5 in the saliva was increased slightly. A steroid agent was very effective for the symptoms.
Sialodochitis fibrinosa was probably caused by an allergic factor.
Key words : sialodochitis fibrinosa, eosinophil, IgE, IL-5