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Fig. 6

From: Effectiveness of imaging modalities for screening IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis (Mikulicz’s disease) and for differentiating it from Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), with an emphasis on sonography

Fig. 6

Results of MRI. Values are shown with median and quartile points for (a-c) the parotid glands and (d) the submandibular glands. a Size of the parotid glands, b salt-and-pepper appearance and/or multiple cystic areas in the parotid glands, c fatty degeneration of the parotid glands and d size of the submandibular glands. Patient with IgG4-DS showing large parotid and submandibular glands (a, d). SS shows small parotid and submandibular glands (a, d), and a high score in the finding of a salt-and-pepper appearance and/or multiple cystic areas in the parotid glands (b). IgG4-DS IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SS Sjögren’s syndrome

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