Sonography as a replacement for sialography for the diagnosis of salivary glands affected by Sjogren's syndrome

Diagnostic properties of ultrasound of major salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome: a meta‐analysis

“…However, the data given in the tables in that study did not appear to correspond with the data from the source publications. There seems to be a discrepancy between the data shown in the meta-analysis and the data presented by the source studies (Yoshiura et al, 1997;Yonetsu et al, 2002;Poul et al, 2008;Salaffi et al, 2008;Obinata et al, 2010;Takagi et al, 2010). Hence, the diagnostic properties of ultrasonography in diagnosing SS remain unclear (Delli et al, 2015).…”

Value of Ultrasound in Rheumatologic Diseases

“…Moreover, additional vascularity information in the glands obtained by spectral Doppler in terms of resistive index and pulsatility index can be helpful for the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (82). However, inconsistent ultrasonographic diagnostic sensitivity ranging 43%-93% and specificity ranging 64%-100% for Sjögren syndrome have been reported (81, 83, 84). These inconsistencies could be caused by lack of ultrasonographic classification criteria for Sjögren syndrome.…”

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography: to keep pace with progress or be left behind?

“…However, both these procedures are inconvenient. Comparative studies have shown US to be at least as good as MRI, MR sialography and X‐ray sialography in the diagnosis of SS and offers considerable advantages in being fast, inexpensive and convenient 39,40 . But these studies require validation before US is established as a definite diagnostic modality in SS.…”