The clinical anatomy of the accessory submandibular gland: a comprehensive review

Andrea Yazbeck¹ , Joe Iwanaga^2,3,4,5,6 , Jerzy A. Walocha⁷ , Łukasz Olewnik⁸ , R. Shane Tubbs^{1,4,5,9,10,11,12}

¹Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, ²Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, ³Dental and Oral Medical Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Department of Neurology, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, ⁶Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, ⁸Department of Anatomical Dissection and Donation, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, ⁹Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies, ¹⁰Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, ¹¹Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, ¹²University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Correspondence to:Joe Iwanaga
Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
E-mail: iwanagajoeca@gmail.com

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