WHAT IS SALIVARY GLAND PATHOLOGY?

SALIVARY GLAND PATHOLOGY
Salivary gland pathology. Pathology in salivary glands. (A) Salivary gland of a specimen of the HVP strain, 7 days after ingesting a blood meal containing 5-log PFU of WEEV per 0.1 ml blood. Notice the extensive cytoplasmic vacuolation of acinar cells, and the absence of staining indicative of viral antigen. (B) Comparable section of a normal salivary gland from an uninfected control. DL, distal lobe; FB, fat body; LD, lateral-distal lobe; LP, lateral-proximal lobe; SD, salivary duct; T, trachea; V, vacuole. Comparative Study of the Pathological Effects of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus in Four Strains of Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae). Neira MV, Mahmood F, Reisen WK, James CB, Romoser WS - Frontiers in public health (2014). Not Altered. CC.

Salivary gland pathology diseases or disorders that may happen to the salivary glands.