Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016
A 42-year-old patient complains of pain in the submaxillary and sublingual areas that aggravates during eating, body temperature rise up to 37,6°C. He has been suffering from this for 2 months. Objectively: infiltration along the right sublingual torus, hyperemia, soft tissue edema, acute pain during palpation. The duct of the right submandubular salivary gland excretes turbid saliva mixed with pus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Retention cyst of sublingual salivary gland
- Exacerbation of salivolithiasis
- Abscess of maxillolingual groove
- Acute purulent lymphadenitis of submaxillary area
- Adenophlegmon of submaxillary area
Correct answer
Exacerbation of salivolithiasis
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