Radiology Monthly Report: Submandibular Sialolith

Monday, November 14th, 2016
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Here is a 44-year-old male asymptomatic with a chance finding of a well defined round opacity 9 mm in diameter.

It has a circular layered appearance and is located probably at the posterior edge of the mylohyoid muscle where the submandibular duct curls around the muscle.

The differential diagnosis could include a lymph node (but which are often lobulated) and a phlebolith (which usually has a more lucent central vessel lumen).