Detection of the involvement of salivary glands in autoimmune diseases of thyroid gland by using Ttc-99m MIBI

2016-12-28T06-41-32Z
Source: Journal of Contemporary Medicine
Deniz Söylemez ¹, Gül Gümüşer ², Ebru Dursun Rükşen³, Elvan Sayıt Bilgin².
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the involvement in the salivary glands of the patients with Graves Disease, Hashimoto Thyroiditis and controls by detecting the changes of Tc-99m Methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-99m MIBI) uptake. Material and Methods: The study was conducted between January 2008 and December 2009. 19 patients with Graves disease (6 men, 13 women), 28 Hashimoto Thyroiditis patients (5 men, 23 women) and 11 euthyroid controls (4 men, 7 women) were evaluated retrospectively. Uptake values of parotid and submandibular glands were calculated by drawing elliptical ROIs (region of interest) and using the formula for uptake calculation. Result: In all three groups, in parotis glands, a statistical significant difference between Tc-99m MIBI uptake was not detected. The Tc-99m MIBI upateke values in submandibular glands were statistically different among patients with GravesDisease, Hashimoto Thyroiditis, as well as in Control group (p


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