Ewa Jolanta Bialek MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Wieslaw Jakubowski MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Recollect shortly ultrasound (US) anatomy of salivary glands. Describe basic US features of most common salivary glands diseases and present potential diagnostic pitfalls. Display anatomical US cases mimicking pathology. Familiarize with overlapping US presentations of different pathologies (benign and alignant) affecting major salivary glands. Exemplify circumstances of overlooking a malignancy. Present diseases of surrounding organs or tissues possible to be mistaken with salivary glands disease.  

Anatomy of salivary glands (short recollection including US anatomy) List of main salivary glands diseases Examples of diseases and their mimics on US images including: normal anatomy that may be taken for pathology similar ultrasound features of different diseases (benign mimicking malignant and malignant mimicking benign) extraglandular pathology that may be described as intraparenchymal salivary mass atypically or uncommonly located pathology originating from salivary gland tissue some tips how to avoid a mistake if they exist Conclusion  

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Bialek, E, Jakubowski, W, Pitfalls in Ultrasound Diagnosis of Major Salivary Glands Diseases.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14000325.html