Sialography
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Sialography (also termed radiosialography) is the radiographic examination of the salivary glands. It usually involves the injection of a small amount of contrast medium into the salivary duct of a single gland, followed by routine X-ray projections.[1]
Radiological technique
| Sialography | |
|---|---|
 Sialogram in a patient suspected of Sjögren's syndrome | |
| MeSH | D012796 |
| MedlinePlus | 003812 |
The resulting image is called a sialogram.
Sialography has largely been replaced by sialoendoscopy[2] and cross-sectional imaging, such as CT, MRI and ultrasonography.[3]