Avaliação da concordância da sialometria e cintilografia de glândulas salivares em pacientes com boca seca

• Autor(a) principal: Liquidato, Bianca Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Soler, Rita De Cássia, Bussoloti Filho, Ivo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-72992006000100018; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2900
• topic: xerostomia; salivary glands; saliva; diagnosis; xerostomia; glândulas salivares; saliva; diagnóstico

INTRODUCTION: Many diagnostic tests are used to evaluate dry mouth patients, especially the ones with Sjögren s Syndrome, to whom these tests are part of classification criteria for scientific studies. AIM: Thus, the concordance between results of sialometry and salivary glands scintigraphy was evaluated; if positive, it would enable the choice of one or the other for diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Seventy-two dry mouth patients were divided into non-Sjögren s Syndrome group, primary Sjögren s Syndrome group and secondary Sjögren s Syndrome group. The concordance among sialometry and scintigraphy results was evaluated by Kappa test. RESULTS: It was observed that their concordance was equal or near to zero. CONCLUSION: It is not possible to make a choice between these tests and both should be performed.