[en] A collection was made of 33 computerized tomography scans of the normal anatomy of parotid glands showing the relations to adjacent anatomical structures. For scanning, the Lipiodol UF contrast medium was used. The collection represents a valuable tool for assessing parotid gland pathologies. (author). 9 figs., 4 refs

[en] A relation of the tumor to the facial nerve was assessed in 38 patients with parotid tumors using CT sialography. The relation was found to exist in 29 patients. In 83% of these patients the CT finding agreed with surgery findings, in 17% it did not. In 9 patients (24%) the relation between the two structures could not be determined. (author). 3 figs., 2 tabs., 3 refs

[en] The experience is presented gained with the application of computerized tomography (CT) in maxillofacial surgery. CT has been found to be a valuable diagnostic method allowing to differentiate between inflammations, abscesses and neoplasms. It provides information on the loci of pathological processes and helps identify the nature of the processes. It has most frequently been used in perimaxillary abscesses, in maxillary sinus pathologies, in the jaw bone disease, in maxillofacial injuries, in neoplastic diseases and in sialotomography. It has not, however, been found to be the method of choice in this discipline but only an invaluable complementary diagnostic method which should be used discriminately and in cases where more information is needed than provided by conventional X-ray radiography and other classical methods. (L.O.). 15 refs

[en] The second generation Delta-Scan 50 FS 36 was used to examine patients with various diseases of the maxillofacial area. In 5 patients the contribution was demonstrated of CT to the diagnosis of these affections, as compared with classical X-ray pictures. It was found that CT will be valuable in particular in the oncology of soft tissues. (author)

[en] The diagnostic value was evaluated of scintigraphic examination of 52 sialomas and 7 sinsialomas and parasialomas. The examinations showed that scintigraphy was not able to distinguish in a significant number of cases the individual tumor lesions, and that it provided complementary morphological information on glandular parenchyma and its ability to accumulate sup(99m)Tc. It is mainly valuable for evaluating the condition of the glandular parenchyma in all cases where sialography cannot be conducted. (author)

[en] CT (computerized tomography) sialography ions used for imaging 40 tumors of the parotid gland. The obtained sialographic pictures were divided into five groups. By comparison of the frequency of malignant and benign tumors in different groups, CT sialography was shown to differentiate in more than half the cases these biologically differing lesions. CT sialography provided in all cases information on the site of the tumor and mostly also on its size. (author). 6 figs., 7 tabs., 10 refs