Radiological Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Disease

Sialographic Study of Diseases of the Major Salivary Glands

“…Though the etiologic features of chronic recurrent parotitis in otherwise healthy subjects is still not fully clarified, it predominantly occurs in post-menopausal women, and in infants or children of both sexes (2). Micro-organisms such as pneumococci, streptococci, and staphylococci, are frequently isolated from saliva from the affected gland (12). In the present series, three of the patients were post-menopausal women and three were children.…”

“…Since CARLSTEN first used Lipiodol in sialography, iodinated oils, or similar media, such as Lipiodol-UItrafluid or Pantopaquc, have been considered as contrast media of choice in sialography by various workers (10,12,13,16,17). The oily media may, however, because of their viscid nature, impair the function or even damage the tissues of the salivary gland (7).…”

Recurrent Parotitis in Children

“…_-alogram sowing mid satass proved impossible to avoid some filling of the acini. This acinar filling, called by Samuel (1950) 'sialoacinar reflux', has been shown by Ollerenshaw and Rose (1951) to be the normal result of proper filling with the opaque medium. In 10 patients of this series a spherical dilatation of the finer ducts was seen: in one case infected with the pneumococcus, a gross type of change, described by Payne (1933) as destructive, was seen, and in two of the remaining three the dilatation was intermediate between the two types (Figs.…”

“…Next, following the technique of Payne (1931) and 182 Ollerenshaw and Rose (1951) 1-2 ml. of 'neohydriol fluid' was injected with a syringe and small blunted hypodermic needle into Stenson's duct and lateral and postero-anterior projections were made.…”

Contrast radiography of the salivary glands

“…В свое время возникла идея, что контраст в железу следует вводить под определенным давлением [1,36,38], а именно: водорастворимые препараты под давлением 150 мм рт.ст., масляные -300 мм рт.ст. Однако так назы-ваемая изобарическая СГ не нашла применения в практи-ке, так как для этого требовалось дополнительное устрой-ство, состоящее из катетера, емкости с препаратом и то-нометра, причем так и не понятно, предпринимались ли попытки наладить серийное производство аппарата или речь шла об использовании опытных образцов.…”