Recovery of affected submandibular gland after surgical removal of sialolith.
A and B, Fat-suppressed T2-weighted images (3000/96/2 [TR/TE/exciations]) of 33-year-old woman show that the signal intensity level of the left submandibular gland (arrow) has returned to that of the normal gland (right side) 4 months after surgical removal of sialolith. A, before surgery; B, after surgery.