[en] The parotid submandibular salivary glands were examined in four patients with Madelung's disease. The function of the salivary glands was found unchanged, as was the composition of salivary secretions. Computerized tomography and functional digital subtraction sialography have shown a drastic increase of the parotid and submandibular salivary glands, the characteristic defects of filling of various shapes and sizes against the background of contrast stained parenchyma, changing their site and shape under the effect of adipose tissue growth round the gland and in the capsular space