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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Salivary Glands for Sjogren's Syndrome: Diagnostic and Monitoring Insights
Published on: October 13, 2023
FDG PET-CT demonstration of Sjogren's sialoadenitis
Hossein Jadvar1, Shahram Bonyadlou, Andrei Iagaru
1Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, PET Imaging Science Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. jadvar@usc.edu
Abstract:
We report the positron emission tomography-computed axial tomography (PET-CT) appearance of the inflammatory involvement of the salivary glands of a 69-year-old female with a history of lymphoma and known primary Sjogren's syndrome. Hybrid PET-CT was performed 5 months after completion of chemotherapy using a Siemens Biograph scanner (Knoxville, TN) 45 minutes after intravenous administration of 15 mCi of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). CT transmission scan was obtained for attenuation correction. PET-CT demonstrated no evidence of hypermetabolic nodal disease but showed symmetric intensely hypermetabolic submandibular and parotid salivary glands.
