title: Technetium-99m pertechnetate and gallium-67 imaging in salivary gland disease.
abstract: Thirty-two patients with salivary gland tumors or sialadenitis were studied with Tc-99m pertechnetate and Ga-67 imaging and, in some instances, sialography. The diagnostic algorithm presented allows the correct categorization of the salivary gland pathology in the vast majority of patients. The patients were studied serially with Tc-99m pertechnetate, Ga-67 and in certain situations sialography (or CT-sialography). Use of the algorithm can distinguish benign salivary tumors from malignant tumors and malignant tumors from inflammatory disease. The limitations and pitfalls of interpretation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Everhart
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012796:Sialography; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m