Ultrasonography of salivary glands -- a highly specific imaging procedure for diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome.

Abstract

Ultrasonographic detection of parenchymal inhomogenicity of the major salivary glands and observation of reduced volume of the submandibular glands resulted in high specificities for diagnosis of primary and secondary SS. The data indicate that ultrasonography of major salivary glands is a noninvasive imaging procedure with high diagnostic value for the diagnosis of primary and secondary SS.