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3562818

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Over a 2-year period 20 patients who presented with masses in the parotid gland were evaluated with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. T1-weighted images were obtained on a high-resolution, thin-section MR imaging system. When "cystic-appearing" lesions were found, T2-weighted images were obtained in order to better characterize the tumor. As in other areas of the body, MR images of parotid tumors are not usually histologically specific. MR findings may be distinctive in rare cases and define the internal architecture of complex parotid masses. Although poor tumor margination was a clue to malignancy, this was not a consistent finding. The real advantage of MR imaging in evaluating parotid masses was its ability to accurately reveal the extraparotid or intraparotid location of a tumor and demonstrate the relationship of the tumor to the facial nerve. Small and medium-sized mass lesions could be seen as superficial or deep to the facial nerve. Larger masses producing some distortion of the normal course of the nerve made identification of the nerve more difficult, if not impossible. In malignant tumors with gross invasion of the facial canal, MR images can show the extent of nerve involvement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
405-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Parotid masses: MR imaging.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article