Assessment of major salivary gland size in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: comparison between clinical examination and ultrasonography

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Marteau, Pauline | Cornec, Divi | Gouillou, Maelenn | Jousse-Joulin, Sandrine | Guellec, Dewi | Costa, Sebastian | Marhadour, Thierry | Alegria, Guillermo Carvajal | Varache, Sophie | Gauvin, Yves | Boisramé, Sylvie | Le Pottier, Laëtitia | Renaudineau, Yves | Pers, Jacques-Olivier | Saraux, Alain | Devauchelle-Pensec, Valérie

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier Masson -

International audience. Parotidomegaly is a criterion of the EULAR Primary Sjögren Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI). The cut-off value was set at 3 cm in length for the parotid gland, 2 cm for the submandibular glands. However, clinical appreciation of salivary glands size remains hazardous. The objective is to evaluate inter-observer reproducibility of parotid gland measurement by palpation, and to secondary evaluate its reliability compared to US assessment.

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