title: Sonography of nonneoplastic disorders of the salivary glands.
abstract: 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.
authors: Dental School, University of Vienna.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Traxler
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Schurawitzki
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Ulm
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Solar
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Blahout
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Piehslinger
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Schadlbauer
mesh_terms: 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