Assessment of salivary gland function in Sjögren's syndrome: The role of salivary gland scintigraphy

The clinical value and histopathological correlation of lacrimal scintigraphy in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

“…Evaluation of the functional status of the lacrimal and salivary glands using the ophthalmological test and salivary gland scintigraphy is now included in the diagnostic study for SS defined by the European Community Study Group [5]. The efficacy of salivary gland scintigraphy in diagnosing and evaluating SS has been well established and the procedure is now widely used [4]. Salivary gland scintigraphic changes were demonstrated to correlate with histopathological changes [4,9,10].…”

“…The efficacy of salivary gland scintigraphy in diagnosing and evaluating SS has been well established and the procedure is now widely used [4]. Salivary gland scintigraphic changes were demonstrated to correlate with histopathological changes [4,9,10].…”

“…Sjögren's syndrome (SS), first described by the Swedish ophthalmologist Dr Henrik Sjögren in 1933, is a chronic autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) and xerostomia [1][2][3][4]. SS is classified as primary SS (without other coexisting connective tissue disease) or as secondary SS (with a coexisting disorder) [5].…”

Using Tc-99m Pertechnetate Scintigraphy to Predict the Outcome of Sialoendoscopy in Obstructive Submaxillaritis

“…SGS has been used in many clinical settings to evaluate salivary gland function, [13][14][15][16] including using a postsialoendoscopic scan to determine the success rate of the procedure, 17 which was recently published by our group. One of the limitations of our study was that the results were based on a relatively small number of patients.…”

Warthin?s Tumor Multimodality Imaging. Anatomical and Scintigraphy Imaging Review, Including PET-CT and SPECT-CT

“…Historically, salivary gland imaging with [ ] scintigraphy has been used for the evaluation among other etiologies of Sjogren's syndrome, solitary parotid gland tumors (Warthin's tumor versus parotid malignancies), acute parotitis, and salivary gland ductal obstruction etc [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”