title: Basal cell adenoma of the parotid gland: dynamic CT and MRI findings.
abstract: Imaging findings in basal cell adenoma (BCA) of the parotid gland have been rarely reported. We report dynamic CT and MRI findings of BCA in the parotid gland in a 78-year-old woman. Dynamic CT study demonstrated strong multinodular contrast enhancement in the early phase which decreased gradually in the later phases. The mass was isointense on T(1) weighted and hyperintense on T(2) weighted MR images with a central haemorrhagic-necrotic component. The microscopic findings were consistent with membranous type BCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baskent University Medical School, Ankara 06490, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yerli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teksam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Agildere
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed