sodium-pertechnetate-tc-99m and Salivary-Gland-Fistula

Topics: Adenolymphoma; Adenoma; Carcinoma; Gallium Radioisotopes; Humans; Radionuclide Imaging; Saliva; Salivary Gland Diseases; Salivary Gland Fistula; Salivary Gland Neoplasms; Sialadenitis; Sjogren's Syndrome; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Technetium; Tuberculosis, Oral

In recent years salivary gland scintigraphy has gained widespread acceptance as a useful means for evaluating salivary gland disorders. An absolute indication for this procedure exists when the ductal orifice of one or several major salivary glands cannot be found or cannot be cannulated. Clinical conditions in which this problem occurs include technical failure to probe and cannulate the duct, developmental anomalies, obstructive disorders, traumatic lesions and fistulae and the need of postsurgical information after glandular excision or after ligation or repositioning of a major excretory duct. The clinical value of scintigraphy in these conditions is demonstrated by means of case presentations.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Constriction, Pathologic; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parotid Gland; Radionuclide Imaging; Salivary Duct Calculi; Salivary Gland Diseases; Salivary Gland Fistula; Salivary Glands; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Submandibular Gland Diseases