title: [Differential echographic diagnosis of salivary gland tumors].
abstract: 76 patients with tumorous swellings of the salivary glands were examined by means of standardized A-scan and B-scan sonography. B-scan echography allowed a differentiation between benign and malignant tumours in all cases. Analysis of the various A-scan criteria (internal structure, reflectivity, borders, consistency and sound attenuation) provided a pathognomonic combination of these criteria for each lesion, enabling further histological diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Echographische Differentialdiagnostik bei Speicheldrüsentumoren.