Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess MR sialography and Ultrasonography as
objective tools to examine salivary glands in patients with xerostomia.
Materials and Methods: In this Cross-sectional descriptive study, MR sialography using salivary
secretion stimulation was performed in 16 patients (with the chief complaint of xerostomia) and
11 healthy volunteers. Visibility of the main duct and ductal branches were evaluated before and
after stimulation in axial and oblique sagittal plans, and were classified in to three grades (poor,
fair & good). Patients and volunteers were also examined by ultrasonography; their parenchymal
homogeneity of the salivary glands was graded from 0 to 5 and their echogenicity was divided
to three levels: hypoecho, isoecho and hyperecho. Size of the salivary glands was also measured.
Dependent T-test and independent T-test,Spearman and Chi-square analysis were performed to
analyze the results.
Results: In this study the results showed no significant difference in the visibility of salivary
glands ducts before and after salivary secretion stimulation in healthy volunteers. In the
patients group, however, significant difference was seen in the visibility of salivary glands ducts
after stimulation in sagittal planes of right and left parotid glands (P-Value=0.033) as well as
left submandibular glands (P-Value=0.035). No significant difference in the visibility of salivary
glands ducts was observed between healthy volunteers and patients,except in sagittal plan of left
parotid glands (P-Value=0.004). In addition, there was no significant difference in parenchymal
characteristics and size of salivary glands in ultrasonography results in the two groups. No
Significant correlation could be established between MR Sialography and Ultrasonography
findings.
Conclusions: Achieving no significant difference in imaging results between patients and
volunteers suggests that MR sialographic images and US features may not serve as suitable
diagnostic criteria in patients with xerostomia.
Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
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Bölüm | Original Research Articles |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 3 Ocak 2016 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 6 Aralık 2016 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2016Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1 |
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