Title Salivary gland ultrasonography: can it be an alternative to sialography as an imaging modality for Sjogren's syndrome? Author(s) Takagi, Yukinori; Kimura, Yasuo; Nakamura, Hideki; Sasaki, Miho; Eguchi, Katsumi; Nakamura, Takashi Citation Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 69(7), pp.1321-1324; 2010 Issue Date 2010-07 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/23874 Right NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's...

We report a rare case of dry eyes and dry mouth caused by primary amyloidosis. A 66-year-old woman with keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia died of acute respiratory failure. Shirmer's test, gum test, and sialography indicated Sjögren's syndrome. Lip biopsy revealed amyloid deposition around the salivary ducts. Bence-Jones protein was noted in the urine. At autopsy, amyloid deposition was...

Salivary gland stones can be detected with different diagnostic methods. Plain radiography, sialography, computed tomography (CT), cone-beam CT (CBCT), ultrasonography (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear scintigraphy / positron emission tomography (PET) all play roles in the diagnosis of salivary gland lesion. The aim of this report was to present clinical and radiological featu...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with Stafne bone cavity. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective, observational study of 11 cases of Stafne bone cavity. After finding an imagine compatible with Stafne bone cavity in the Orthopantomograph(r) of 11 patients, a sialography of the mandibular gland was made in 3 cases, computerized tomography (CT) in 6 cases, a...

Background: In the international scientific community there has been a long discussion about role of ultrasound and scores for assessing structure salivary glands in Sjögren’s syndrome. Stomatological examination according to The American College Rheumatology (ACR) 2012 classification criteria primary syndrome (pSS) includes only labial gland biopsy (focus score - FS) ACR with European League A...

OBJECTIVE To assess the usefulness and performance of the American European Consensus Group (AECG) criteria based on minor salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) in Japanese patients with primary SS. METHODS Among 208 MSGB cases, we retrospectively selected 112 subjects who satisfied the complete set of AECG classification criteria. Of the 112 subjects studied, 63 primary SS patients and 49 non-SS grou...

PURPOSE Obstructive and inflammatory disease often occurs in the major salivary glands, and no predictive treatment has yet been developed for this condition. The aim of this report was to introduce an intraductal irrigation procedure and to illustrate its application to practical patient cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two patients complaining of pain and swelling in the parotid gland during me...

Aims: To analyse retrospectively all cases of spontaneous salivary fistulae studied by radiological imaging from January 1999 to December 2011. Salivary fistulae are uncommon; they could be congenital or acquired caused by injury, neoplasm, surgery or may represent a rare long-term complication of sialolithiasis and/or recurrent sialoadenitis. Materials and methods: We retrospectively report ou...