Head and Neck Imaging
The Application Value of CT and MRI in the Diagnosis of Mixed Parotid Tumor
Author:ZHENG Xiao-na, WU Yao-xian
affiliation:Department of Radiology, the Xinyang Central Hospital of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China
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Objective To investigate the application value of CT and MRI examination on diagnosis of parotid mixed tumor. Methods 28 cases of patients with parotid mixed tumor underwent CT plain and enhanced scan or MRI plain and enhanced scan, MRI examination using multiple sequence including DWI. Then the diagnosis and analysis was carried on lesion signs. Results 29 lesions were found. Lesion manifestations were a clear boundary mass, sized from1.2 cm to 3.9 cm,round or ovoid shaped. 27 cases showed unilateral onset, and the other one was in both sides.12 lesions were located in the right side, and the other 17 lesions were located in the left side. The 12 patients underwent CT plain and enhanced scan,16 patients taken MRI plain and enhanced scan,and the other were both examination. Conclusions CT or MRI scan in mixed parotid tumor, is simple、rapid, and imaging findings is relatively characteristic, having the important guiding value on the qualitative diagnosis and clinical treatment of the disease.
【Keyword】Mixed Tumor of Parotid Gland; X-ray Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
【Chart number】R445.2;R739.8
【Document Identification Number】A
【DOI】 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5131.2015.01.12
Chinese journal of CT and MRI
th13Volume, th 1 Issue
2015Year01Month
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