Open AccessSialography: Report of 3 cases
Author(s) -
Sujatha S Reddy,
N Rakesh,
Namita Raghav,
D Devaraju,
Shridevi G Bijjal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.59449
Subject(s) - sialography , medicine , sialadenitis , magnetic resonance imaging , salivary gland , salivary gland diseases , radiology , parotid gland , parotitis , physical examination , submandibular gland , medical imaging , ultrasonography , radiography , pathology , surgery
Salivary gland examination is an important part of oral examination, especially because of it's involvement in most of the systemic diseases. Patients most commonly seek medical attention when the major salivary glands like parotid and submandibular gland become enlarged or painful. The various imaging modalities practiced to check the salivary gland disorders include conventional radiography, sialography, ultrasonography, computerized tomography, radionuclide imaging and magnetic resonance imaging. Sialography is one of the oldest imaging procedures and still most commonly practiced, as it is a chair side procedure, simple to perform, and cost effective. We report the role of sialography as an adjuvant in the diagnosis of bacterial sialadenitis and sialadenosis and as a diagnostic and therapeutic aid in a case of juvenile recurrent parotitis.