Basic study of sonographic diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome for establishing the international diagnostic standard: Comparison of diagnostic ability with sialography and salivary gland scintigraphy, and analyzing factors related to diagnostic ability
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027366
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyushu University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with disorders in the salivary glands other than Sjogren's syndrome or IgG 4-related dacrioadenitis and sialadenitis 2. When the image obtained is difficult to be diagnosed due to reasons such as motion artifacts.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sonographic diagnostic ability for confirmed diagnosis Diagnostic method: From the heterogeneity of internal echoes and atrophy of the glands, the confidence score as Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is evaluated in 5 grades (5: certainly SS, 1: definitely not SS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Correlation of sonographic diagnostic ability and various factors such as imaging conditions at the time of examination, operator's experience, examination frequency and diagnostic ability