High Prevalence of Thyroid Disease and Role of Salivary Gland Scintigraphy in Patients with Xerostomia.
Ji-Hoon JungChang-Hee LeeSeung Hyun SonJu Hye JeongShin Young JeongSang-Woo LeeJaetae LeeByeong-Cheol AhnPublished in: Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2016)
More than half of patients with xerostomia exhibited TD. Thyroid assessment by SGS is feasible, and SGS appears to be useful for the patients with xerostomia caused by TD. SGS may be the first imaging modality capable of evaluating both salivary gland function and thyroid gland status in patients with xerostomia. This strategy would make the requirement for additional workup for thyroid disease.
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