Salivary gland-sparing helical tomotherapy for head and neck cancer: Preserved salivary function on quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy after tomotherapy

Quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy.

OBJECTIVE Uptake of 99mTc-pertechnetate in salivary glands reflects intact salivary gland parenchyma. However, no standardized protocol for an accurate quantification of parenchymal function has been established so far. METHODS In this paper we report on a validated acquisition protocol supplying a normal database for standardized quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy. RESULTS The major ...

Head and neck: Salivary gland: Warthin's Tumors

Note Warthin's tumor is the second most common benign salivary gland tumor, which is located almost exclusively in the parotid gland. Warthin's tumor accounts for about 15% of all epithelial tumors of the parotid gland. The initial description of the tumor goes back to Hildebrand in 1895, who considered this disease a variant of congenital epithelial cyst of the neck. In 1910, Albrecht and Arzt...

Assessment of salivary gland function in Sjögren's syndrome: the role of salivary gland scintigraphy.

Salivary gland scintigraphy (SGS) is a non invasive method of salivary gland function assessment. This technique is easy to perform, reproducible and well tolerated by patients. Additionally, an abnormal salivary gland scintigraphy result is accepted by the American-European consensus group as a criterion for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome. Scintigraphic evaluation of salivary gland functi...

Salivary gland function

Second primaries after major salivary gland cancer.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the risk of second primary cancers in patients with major salivary gland cancer using a large population database and to examine the effects of sex, salivary gland cancer histology, and radiation therapy on the risk of second primaries. STUDY DESIGN Population-based study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) cancer database. SUBJECT AND METHODS ...