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The assessment of salivary gland involvement in Sjögren’s syndrome is traditionally based on the presence of focal mononuclear cell infiltrates in the salivary glands and by measures of salivary secretion (sialometry) as well as subjective symptoms of oral dryness (xerostomia). Although a salivary gland biopsy is considered to be the gold standard, other methods are needed in cases where a biopsy cannot be performed or need to be supplemented. Through the recent years, existing techniques have been improved and new imaging techniques developed. There is both a need and a possibility to use other traditional methods such as scintigraphy as well as computer tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging.
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Geitung, J.T., Jonsson, M.V. (2011). Imaging Technology in Sjögren’s Syndrome: Non-invasive Evaluation of the Salivary Glands. In: Fox, R., Fox, C. (eds) Sjögren’s Syndrome. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-957-4_7
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