Ultrasound of the Major Salivary Glands

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Sjögren’s syndrome is a common rheumatic disease. Ultrasound of normal parotid and submandibular glands displays hyperechoic, homogeneous tissue while these glands typically appear in Sjögren’s syndrome hypoechoic with dark, round arease representing lymphoid tissue and dilated ducts.

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   George A. W. Bruyn

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Bruyn, G.A., Schmidt, W.A. (2023). Ultrasound of the Major Salivary Glands. In: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27737-5_14

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