title: [Parotid haemangioma: MR imaging findings in 3 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parotid gland hemangioma is uncommon in infancy and childhood and even rarer in adulthood. The clinical presentation, supported by imaging findings provides the diagnosis. The aim of this work is to discuss the different clinical and radiological aspects of this lesion with a special emphasis on MRI findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three patients with unilateral hemangioma are presented. Radiological investigations including ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (1 Tesla) were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sonographic studies showed a lobulated mass with intermediate echogenicity, enlarging most or all of the visualized parotid gland. Correlative MR images in all cases showed a well-defined mass with an intermediate signal on T1-weighted images. On T2-weighted images, all masses appeared bright, heterogeneous with low signals within the masses consistent with flow voids representing blood vessels. Phleboliths were present in one case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI is the investigation of choice allowing an accurate diagnosis and avoiding invasive procedures including biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Habib Thameur, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sehili-Briki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouzaïdi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Hadj Hassine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jemli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Daghfous
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*