sialitis definition
Sialadenitis refers to inflammation of the salivary glands. It may acute or chronic and has a wide range of causes.ltrasound. In acute sialadenitis the affected gland appears enlarged, hypoechoic and hyperaemiac on ultrasound 8,10. In chronic infective forms the affected gland appears atrophic and diffusely hypoechoic with irregular margins-the ultrasound appearances have been likened to that of a âcirrhoticâ liver 8.