Ultraschall in der Medizin

Sonography of Salivary Gland Tumors and Disorders

Felix Johnson ¹

Alessandro Bozzato ²

Naglaa Mansour ³

Konstantinos Mantsopoulos ⁴

Georgios Psychogios ⁵

Pamela Zengel ⁶

Benedikt Hofauer ¹

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Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Innsbruck, University Hospital for Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Innsbruck, Austria

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Saarland Medical School, Homburg, Germany |

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Clinic of Freiburg, Germany |

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Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany |

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ioannina, Greece |

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ludwigs-Maximilian University Clinic, München, Germany |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2025-01-17

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Journal: Ultraschall in der Medizin

scimago Q2

wos Q1

SJR: 0.530

CiteScore: 5.3

Impact factor: 3.1

ISSN: 01724614, 14388782

DOI: 10.1055/a-2481-7248

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Abstract

Diseases of the salivary glands are as common as they are diverse and can have different causes. Clinicians can differentiate salivary gland changes based on chronic systemic diseases, congenital and vascular malformations, and benign and malignant tumors. Acute infectious pathologies can also arise as a result of obstructive pathologies. A large number of diseases with similar clinical presentations have to be differentiated. Due to the improved resolution of ultrasound technology over the last 20 years, it is now used as the first imaging modality to examine salivary gland pathologies. It allows a quick, dynamic, and non-invasive examination of the salivary glands and the soft tissue of the neck. In order to accurately diagnose and treat patients, a very good knowledge of these diseases and their appearance on sonography is required.