title: Absolute indications for salivary gland scintigraphy with 99mTc-pertechnetate.
abstract: In recent years salivary gland scintigraphy has gained widespread acceptance as a useful means for evaluating salivary gland disorders. An absolute indication for this procedure exists when the ductal orifice of one or several major salivary glands cannot be found or cannot be cannulated. Clinical conditions in which this problem occurs include technical failure to probe and cannulate the duct, developmental anomalies, obstructive disorders, traumatic lesions and fistulae and the need of postsurgical information after glandular excision or after ligation or repositioning of a major excretory duct. The clinical value of scintigraphy in these conditions is demonstrated by means of case presentations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012465:Salivary Duct Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012467:Salivary Gland Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m