Cintigrafía de glándulas salivales / Salivary glands scintigraphy

ABSTRACT

Salivary glands scintigraphy is a technique developed in nuclear Medicine. It use Technecium-99m. Pertechnetate to obtain images of the mouth and it produces information about the physiology and morfology of these glands. The technique is very useful for the differential diagnosis od several diseases. Its principal clinical application is the functional information provided in inflammatory, obstructive and autoinmune diseases