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Images in paediatrics
A giant sialolith in a 16-year-old boy presenting to the emergency room
  1. Moshe Ben-Shoshan1,
  2. Yolene Lacroix2
  1. 1Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  2. 2Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Moshe Ben-Shoshan, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, 2300 Tupper, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3; moshebenshoshan{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305804

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    A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a yellowish longitudinal protrusion in the floor of his mouth (figure 1). He reported mild pain in the submandibular area postcibum without significant swelling during the last year. He did not have any other significant past medical history. Physical exam revealed a calculus in the floor of the mouth measuring 17×3×3 mm …

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