title: Adenocystic carcinoma in computed tomography.
abstract: Computed tomography was introduced in 1972 by Ambrose and Hounsified in England. At first it was designed for diagnostic radiology and neurosurgery of the brain and skull. Soon, in 1974, whole-body computerized tomography scanners went into operation in the United States and then came into worldwide use. The use of computed tomography in maxillofacial regions is rare. In the report two adenocystic carcinomas in the maxilla are described by computed tomography, and the images thus produced are compared to those obtained by ordinary tomography and isotope scintigraphy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed