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Table 2 Positivity according the criteria of the Hocevar score in three different groups in diagnostic workup

From: Salivary gland ultrasound in the diagnostic workup of juvenile Sjögren’s syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease

Criterion

pSS (n = 9)

sSS (n = 6) other

sSS (n = 10) MCTD

All (n = 25)

Healthy

control, (n = 25)

Decrease in echogenity

3 (33.3%)

3 (50%)

2 (20%)

8 (32%)

0

Inhomogenous parenchyma

9 (100%)

6 (100%)

9 (90%)

24 (96%)

7 (28%)

Hypoechoic areas

9 (100%)

6 (100%)

9 (90%)

24 (96%)

4 (16%)

Hyperechoic reflexes

7 (77.7%)

6 (100%)

8 (80%)

21 (84%)

1 (4%)

Disturbed border

4 (44.4%)

2 (33.3%)

1 (10%)

7 (28%)

0

Hocevar sums

26 (mean)

17–40(range)

12.8 (mean)

4–24(range)

19.7 (mean)

6–29(range)

20.3 (mean)

4–40(range)

0.8 (mean)

0–4(range)

Patients score > 17 (%)

9 (100%)

2 (33%)

8 (80%)

19 (76%)

0