Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland: radiologic-pathologic correlation with MR imaging including diffusion-weighted imaging.
We present 4 cases of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. In 3 of the 4 cases, diffusion-weighted and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping images clearly revealed carcinoma as a hypercellular area with low ADC values and pleomorphic adenoma as a hypocellular area with high ADC values. Diffusion-weighted images demonstrated well complex tissue components in carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, which may be useful for the diagnosis of this disease.
Kato
H
H
Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. hkato@gifu-u.ac.jp
Kanematsu
M
M
Mizuta
K
K
Ito
Y
Y
Hirose
Y
Y
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*