title: CT sialography in the dog - a cadaver study.
abstract: To document computed tomographic topography of salivary glands and their ducts in dogs, a retrograde filling with methylcellulose and iodinated contrast medium was performed in three cadavers. Demarcation of the parotid, mandibular and zygomatic glands was achieved. Surrounding structures were imaged without beam hardening artefacts. Landmarks for the parotid, mandibular and zygomatic glands were the external acoustic canal, the mandibular angle and the pterygopalatine fossa, respectively. Sialograms of the parotid, mandibular and zygomatic ducts were achieved, whereas neither the sublingual glands nor their ducts could be contrasted. The images provide a three-dimensional visualization of the salivary glands and their ducts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Small Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria. Sibylle.Kneissl@vetmeduni.ac.at
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kneissl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weidner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Probst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012796:Sialography / Q000379:methods*; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging