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[Sialographic and sonographic diagnosis of salivary gland diseases]
S Diederich1, K Wernecke, P E Peters
1Institut für Klinische Radiologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Der Radiologe
|June 1, 1987
Abstract:
The diagnostic value of sialography and ultrasonography was studied retrospectively in 130 patients with diseases of the salivary gland. In the diagnosis of tumours (sensitivity: 97.5% vs 52.5%), acute inflammatory diseases (sensitivity: 70% vs 40%) and abscesses (sensitivity: 100% vs 25%) ultrasound was more accurate than sialography. Even in the diagnosis of calculi, ultrasound gave good results (sensitivity: 71.4%) and should be performed before the more invasive sialography technique. In chronic inflammatory diseases, sialography continues to be the technique of choice.