Abstracts tagged "biopsies and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 3204 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypoechoic Lesions on Parotid Gland Ultrasound Are a Surrogate Marker of Focal Lymphocytic Sialadenitis on Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Thomas Grader-Beck¹, Joel Fradin², Jean Kim³, Esen Akpek⁴, Brendan Antiochos⁵, Julius Birnbaum⁶ and Alan N. Baer⁷, ¹Medicine Div of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: To determine whether hypoechoic lesions on parotid gland ultrasound can serve as a surrogate marker for a focus score ≥1 on minor salivary gland…