Intra-oral ultrasound imaging of a submandibular duct calculus

TY - JOUR

T1 - Intra-oral ultrasound imaging of a submandibular duct calculus

AU - Brown, J E

AU - Escudier, M P

AU - Whaites, E J

AU - Drage, N A

AU - Ng, S Y

PY - 1997/7

Y1 - 1997/7

N2 - A case is presented showing the first reported use of a small, digitally-guided, intra-oral ultrasound probe to image a calculus in a submandibular salivary duct. This use of intra-oral ultrasound is discussed in the context of the overall current status of intra-oral and extra-oral ultrasound imaging. It is proposed that using a combination of intra-oral and extra-oral probes, the whole of the salivary apparatus may now be examined sonographically for the presence of calculi.

AB - A case is presented showing the first reported use of a small, digitally-guided, intra-oral ultrasound probe to image a calculus in a submandibular salivary duct. This use of intra-oral ultrasound is discussed in the context of the overall current status of intra-oral and extra-oral ultrasound imaging. It is proposed that using a combination of intra-oral and extra-oral probes, the whole of the salivary apparatus may now be examined sonographically for the presence of calculi.

KW - Adult

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Salivary Duct Calculi

KW - Sialography

KW - Submandibular Gland

KW - Ultrasonography

U2 - 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600257

DO - 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600257

M3 - Article

C2 - 9442619

SN - 0250-832X

VL - 26

SP - 252

EP - 255

JO - DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY

JF - DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY

IS - 4

ER -