Hyperfunction of palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate: A report of two cases.

Tanimoto Hitoshi, Makino Kunihiko, Amatsu Mutsuo

doi:10.14821/stomatopharyngology1989.11.399

Two cases of hyperfunction of palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate were reported. Case 1 was a 57-year-old male who had postnasal drip.Case 2 was a 68-year-old male who had abnormal feelings on the dorsal surface of the soft palate. Neither had diseases that caused postnasal drip, such as disorder of the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses. The foamy secretions were seen on the oral surface of the palate and also on the pharyngeal surface of the soft palate. The foamy secretions seemed to be derived from the palatal glands and the same ones in the pharyngeal side of the soft palate. After the foamy secretions on the oral surface of the palate were removed, the new ones appeared very soon. The secretions from the glands in the pharyngeal side of the soft palate seemed to cause the postnasal drip.A ^99mTc-pertechnetate scintiscan was done to confirm the hyperfunction of palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate. The examination demonstrated no uptake of radionuclide by palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate normally, but it did demonstrate intense uptake by the palate in these two cases. The results provided evidence for the diagnosis. No case has ever been reported on a hyperfunction of palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the soft palate. It is possible that hyperfunction of the glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate may cause postnasal drip and abnormal feeling on the dorsal surface of the soft palate.

Hyperfunction of palatal glands and glands in the pharyngeal side of the palate: A report of two cases.

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