Advances in application of salivary gland radionuclide imaging on the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome

The evaluation of salivary gland function plays an important role in diagnosis, therapeutic decision and follow-up of patients with Sjögren's symptoms.As a non-invasive and easy-to-perform method, salivary gland scintigraphy has been accepted as a criterion for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome by the American-European consensus group.This study aims at to review the advances in application of salivary gland scintigraphy on the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome.