title: Pleomorphic adenoma with extensive ossified and calcified degeneration: unusual CT findings in one case.
abstract: We report a case of pleomorphic adenoma, which presented as a large bone-attenuation mass in the parapharyngeal space. CT scanning showed a large lobulated bone-attenuation mass with a scanty soft-tissue component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. shihuimin@msn.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011859:Radiography