Open AccessSonographic Evaluation of Sialolithiasis
Author(s) -
Thomas S. Keener,
Thomas C. Winter
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of diagnostic medical sonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 8756-4793
pISSN - 1552-5430
DOI - 10.1177/875647939501100304
Subject(s) - medicine , sialography , salivary gland diseases , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , submandibular gland , salivary gland , ultrasound , computed tomography , parotid gland , sialadenitis , pathology
Salivary gland diseases are relatively common disorders. One of these is salivary calculi (sialoliths), which occurs in the submandibular and parotid glands of middle-aged adults. These are relatively common and often give rise to inflammation and infection of the gland. Radiologic methods used to evaluate these stones include computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and sialography. With improvements in diagnostic ultrasound equipment and, very recently, amplitude power mapping, the diagnosis of sialolithiasis and sialodochitis was made non-invasively. This is the first report of sialodochitis diagnosed using amplitude power mapping.