Diagnostic value of salivary gland ultrasonography for secondary Sjögren syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Nevin HammamMona H ElzohriAmira ElsonbatyZeiad H EldalyOsman HammamDalia TarikHamdy M IbrahimTamer A Gheita

Published in: Lupus (2022)

We propose salivary gland ultrasound as a non-invasive method in the diagnostic workup for sSS in patients with SLE. Further studies to confirm the diagnostic value of SGUS in a larger sample of patients with sSS will be necessary.

Keyphrases

disease activity
magnetic resonance imaging
systemic lupus erythematosus
contrast enhanced
rheumatoid arthritis
case control
case report
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance
contrast enhanced ultrasound