ULTRASONOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTICS OF SIALOLITHIASIS

Nowadays ultrasonography is considered as a method of choice allowing carrying out rather precise diagnostics of acute and chronic diseases of major salivary glands [Alyas F. et al., 2005; Katz P. et al., 2009; Gritzmann N., 2009; Burke CJ. et al., 2011; Yaremenko A.I. et al., 2011]. This method has an advantage especially at nonopaque calculus [Gritzmann N., 2009]. The results of using this minimally invasive methodology allowed considering it as alternative to sialography in the diagnostics of submandibular sialolithiasis [Bourjat P., 2006]. According to various studies data, specific character and responsivity of ultrasonography at sialolithiasis reaches 90 % [Alyas F. et al., 2005; Gritzmann N., 2009]. Studies of assessment of the modern radiological methods (ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) in the diagnostics of salivary glands wheezing illnesses are of interest for leading clinics in the sphere of maxillofacial surgery and are considered current ones.