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2843942

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Computed tomographic (CT) scans and magnetic resonance (MR) images in 103 patients with either a deep-lobe parotid tumor extending into the parapharyngeal space, a minor salivary gland tumor, a neuroma, or a paraganglioma were reviewed. The parotid or extraparotid nature of these masses was established by identifying a fat plane between the mass and the parotid gland. This was more reliably accomplished with MR imaging than with CT. Although dynamic CT allowed identification of the glomus tumors, MR imaging also permitted diagnosis of these lesions. The inherent CT and MR imaging characteristics of most of the neuromas and minor salivary gland tumors were indistinguishable. However, the neuromas tended to displace the internal carotid artery anteriorly, whereas the salivary lesions displaced this vessel posteriorly. This artery was better identified on MR images than on CT scans. Thus, these lesions, which are the four most common primary parapharyngeal space tumors, can be distinguished on MR images by evaluating not only their inherent signal characteristics but also the surrounding fat planes and any displacement of the internal carotid artery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Common tumors of the parapharyngeal space: refined imaging diagnosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029-6574.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article