Ultrasound-guided core biopsy of the parotid gland: the procedure from the Rheumatology point of view

摘要

Ultrasound-guided core biopsy is a minimally invasive technique able to identify lymphoma accompanying Sjogren's syndrome (SS), neoplasms or infiltrative diseases, with less complications compared to open biopsy. With these images, we aim to describe the ultrasound-guided core biopsy procedure, in a female patient with rheumatoid arthritis who presented evident inhomogeneity of the parotid gland. The procedure was performed by rheumatologists, trained in ultrasonography of the salivary glands, demonstrating that ultrasound-guided core biopsy is an easy and safe method to obtain salivary gland tissue.