[Differential diagnosis of salivary disturbances by quantitative scintigraphy].
The scintigraphy of salivary glands with technetium-99m pertechnetate is predisposed to be an excellent test for evaluating salivary gland function. But the absence of a sufficiently precise and simple quantitative analysis procedure of the technetium uptake has reduced its clinical use. For this reason, the authors propose a new and quick method:  the quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy. With an uptake index (ratio of technetium uptake between the glandular tissue and a cervical reference) they get precise quantitative information on functional activity. Among other applications, the test allows to make within a few minutes, in a case of xerostomia, the differential diagnosis between Sjäogren syndrome and sialosis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013667:Technetium
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Diagnostic différentiel des troubles salivaires par scintigraphie quantitative