Fig. 1: Between 2000 and 2012, a total of 395 submandibular glands were removed from patients within the Helsinki University Hospital catchment area. | Modern Pathology

Fig. 1: Between 2000 and 2012, a total of 395 submandibular glands were removed from patients within the Helsinki University Hospital catchment area.

From: IgG4-positive plasma cells in nonspecific sialadenitis and sialolithiasis

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Among these, 165 patients receiving diagnoses of nonspecific sialadenitis, sialolithiasis, or both were included in this study. These patients were distributed into three groups based on the preoperative diagnosis, the histopathological evaluation, and the immunohistochemical analysis.

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