%0 Journal Article
%T Cervical fistula caused by submandibular sialolithiasis
							| Clinics and Practice
%A Aya Yanai
%A Hirotomo Homma
%A Katsuhisa Ikeda
%A Miri To
%A Ryo Wada
%A Satoshi Hara
%A Takeshi Kusunoki
%A Yoshinobu Kidokoro
%A Yuko Kobayashi
%J Clinics and Practice
%D 2017
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2017.985
%X In oto-rhino-laryngology, cases of submandibuillar sialolithiasis are common. Submandibular sialoadentis with sialolith may cause severe complications such as deep neck abscess and sepsis. We introduce a rare case of a cervical fistula with abscess caused by submandibular sialolith. The patient had diabetes. We performed drainage of the left submandibular gland that included a Wharton duct stone and abscess by an external skin incision approach. Submandibular sialoadentis due to sialolith would likely progress to neck abscess and the formation of a neck skin fistula; moreover, the condition can be worsen by the coexistence of diabetes. This neck abscess with skin fistula could have caused potentially fatal complications such a carotid artery rupture or sepsis. In such cases the infected source should be carefully removed as soon as possible
%K Submandibular sialolithiasis
%K cervical fistula
%K neck abscess
%K diabetes
%K external skin incision approach.
%U https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/985