Alarcón CR, Ayala GF, Rodríguez BAI, Balcázar VR

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 19-26
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Up to date, a wide variety of imaging methods exists for the diagnosis of the salivary glands pathologies; each one of these diagnostic methods has advantages and drawbacks for both, its carrying out and for its interpretation. Until now, Multi-slice sialotomography has not been carried out as a routinary imaging method, for what it has not been possible to observe all its diagnostic capacities.
Objective: The development of “Multi-slice sialotomography” is aimed to show a new and innovative imaging method of analysis of the different pathologies of the major salivary glands. This study allows a very comprehensive range of diagnostic possibilities, since it gathers some advantages of the diagnostic studies up to now already existing.
Material and methods: The suggested method of Multi-slice sialotomography was carried out to 38 male and female patients older than four years, who showed up clinical data of some pathology of the salivary glands as chronic sialoadenitis, sialolithiasis, benign or malign tumors, as well as increase of the non-specific volume. Being excluded those patients with acute sialoadenitis data and who had allergy background to the contrast medium. This was carried out with two Multi-slice tomography equipment with 16 detectors in the Radiology and Imaging Service of the Regional Hospital of ISSSTE “General Ignacio Zaragoza.” In these patients, the salivary conduits were channeled by means of an effective and efficient technique developed in our service.
Results: It was possible to evaluate in all the patient cri to whom this study was carried out satisfactorially in the salivary conduits, the parenchyma gland, as well as the adjacent tissues to the gland, reaching an excellent interface between these by means of a practical and effective technique.
Conclusions: By means of Multi-slice sialotomography, it is possible to demonstrate different pathologies of the salivary conduits, the parenchyma gland and to discard the pathologies not having its origin in the above, since some times these lesions directly or indirectly affect the salivary glands.

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