Lacrimal and salivary gland ultrasound - how and when to use in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Elsevier

Available online 29 May 2023, 101837

Best Practice & Research Clinical RheumatologyAuthor links open overlay panel, Abstract

This paper addresses how to perform an ultrasound assessment of the salivary and lacrimal glands, how to identify pathological changes, and how to score disease activity, focusing on the use for primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). It addresses the role of salivary gland ultrasound for diagnosing and management of patients with pSS and touches upon the use for differential diagnosis, including how and when to perform ultrasound-guided biopsies and injections.

Keywords

Sjögren's syndrome

Ultrasound

Diagnosis

Scoring

Differential diagnosis

Biopsy

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