Sonography of nonneoplastic disorders of the salivary glands.
We examined 637 patients with salivary gland disorders by real-time sonography. In 270 patients, the possibility of neoplasia of the salivary glands could not be excluded by ultrasound. In the remaining 367 patients, the following disorders were diagnosed sonographically: acute inflammation (72 patients), Sjögren's syndrome or chronic inflammation (81 patients), abscess (9 patients), sialolithiasis (192 patients), and cysts (13 patients). The present study discusses the ultrasound appearances of a variety of diseases and the indications and limits of sonography in the evaluation of salivary gland pathology.
Traxler
M
M
Dental School, University of Vienna.
Schurawitzki
H
H
Ulm
C
C
Solar
P
P
Blahout
R
R
Piehslinger
E
E
Schadlbauer
E
E
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D014463:Ultrasonography