Comparação microscópica de glândulas sublinguais de cadáveres humanos e de pacientes desdentados portadores de tumefações do soalho da boca relacionadas às glândulas sublinguais: estudo morfológico e morfométrico / Microscopic comparative study of human cadaver sublingual glands and mouth floor enlargements related to the sublingual glands in edentulous patients: morphological and morphometric analysis
AUTOR(ES)
Josiane Costa Rodrigues de Sá
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2009
RESUMO
Mouth floor enlargements related to sublingual glands in edentulous or partially edentulous patients may be present, impairing denture fitting. Sometimes surgical treatment is needed. Erroneously, these enlargements have been attributed to glandular hyperplasia. Changes due to aging process have been suggested as a possible cause but the etiopathogenesis continues uncertain. The aim of the study was to explain the cause of mouth floor enlargements in edentulous patients. Human sublingual glands from necropsies and glands removed in pre-prosthetic surgical treatment of mouth floor enlargements in edentulous patients were microscopically compared. Morphological and morphometric studies were performed in individuals of similar chronological ages. Results were analyzed with significance set for p0,05. The morphological study analyzed: acinar atrophy (p=0,758), acinar autolysis (p=0,014), focal (p=1,000) and diffuse mononuclear infiltrate (p=0,142), replacement of parenchyma by fibrous tissue (p=0,547), replacement of parenchyma by adipose tissue (p=0,547), focal (p=0,192) and diffuse mucus overflow (p=0,758) and oncocytosis (p=0,883). The variables ducts and/or duct-like structures (p=1,000) and congested blood vessels (p=0,043) were classified in absent and present. The volumes densities of acini (p=0,752), ducts (p=0,444), stroma (p=0,209) and adipose tissue (p=0,794) were determined by the morphometric study. The results showed statically significant difference to the microscopic aspects: autolysis (p=0,014) and congested blood vessels (p=0,043). The microscopic aspects of the sublingual glands in mouth floor enlargements in edentulous patients revealed the normal aging process of the salivary glands. Concluding, the sublingual glands in mouth floor enlargements in edentulous patients are not pathological glands.
ASSUNTO(S)
glândula sublingual sublingual gland morphometry glândulas salivares humanas human salivary glands morfometria
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