title: MR imaging findings of parotid tumors with pathologic diagnostic clues: a pictorial essay.
abstract: This pictorial essay depicts MR features of benign and malignant parotid tumors. Increased T2 signal intensity is suggestive of pleomorphic adenoma. Tumors with relatively low signal intensity on T2-weighted images are more likely to be malignant even when they are well-demarcated. Fat suppression technique improves the ability to define the boundaries of neoplatic or inflammatory lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sendai City Hospital, 3-1 Shimizukouji, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai 984-0075, Japan. kino@grape.med.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshibumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okitsu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology