Comparison of salivary gland MRI and ultrasonography findings among patients with Sjogren's syndrome over a wide age range.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This retrospective study compared MRI and US findings among patients with SS over a wide age range.

Methods

Ninety patients with SS aged 8-84 years who had undergone both MRI and US examinations were divided into four groups according to age, as follows: <18 years (juvenile SS, JSS), 9 patients; 18-39 years, 12 patients; 40-69 years, 53 patients; >69 years, 16 patients. Imaging findings of parotid glands (PGs) and submandibular glands (SMGs) were compared among the four groups. Furthermore, the relationships within and between imaging findings and various clinical findings were examined.

Results

On MRI, patients with JSS commonly exhibited multiple high-intensity spots in the PGs on MR sialography and fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging. With increasing SS g

SUBMITTER: Takagi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9071520 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature