Salivary Gland Diseases Ultrasound: How to Carry out a Thorough Examination

Contents
About the Author
1: Introduction
	Definition of the Terms
		How to Qualify an Image?
		Sono-elastography
	How to Handle an Ultrasound Probe?
	Reference
2: Sonographic Anatomy
	Parotid Gland
	Submandibular Gland
	Sublingual Gland
	References
3: Salivary Gland Infections or Sialadenitis
	Sialadenitis
		Virus Sialadenitis
		Bacterial Sialadenitis
			Acute Bacterial Parotitis
		Bacterial Sialadenitis
			Acute Bacterial Submandibulitis
			Chronic Recurrent Juvenile Parotitis
			Adult Chronic Parotitis Sialadenitis
			Tuberculosis Parotitis
			Parotitis Abscess
		Idiopathic Dilatation of the Excretory Duct
	Sialodochitis
		Sialolithiasis of the Major Salivary Glands
	Sialosis
		Sialoadenosis
		Systemic Sialosis
			Sjogren’s Syndrome
			IgG4 and Salivary Glands
			Damage Due to Iodine Treatment for Thyroid Cancer
	References
4: Salivary Gland Tumors
	Epithelial Tumors
		Benign Epithelial Tumor
			Pleomorphic Adenoma
			Cystadenolymphoma (Warthin’s Tumor)
		Malignant Tumors
			Mucoepidermoid and Epidermoid Carcinoma
			Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
			Lymph Node Metastases
	Non-epithelial Tumor
		Lipomas
		Neurogenic Tumor
		Hemangiomas and Lymphangiomas
		Dermoid Tumors
		Basal Cell Adenomas
	References
5: False Tumors of the Salivary Gland Regions
	Hypertrophy of the Masseter
	Cysts of the First Brachial
	Retention Cyst (Ranula)
	References
6: Conclusion