title: Ultrasound guided wire localisation to aid surgical biopsy of impalpable parotid oncocytoma.
abstract: Ultrasound guided wire localisation (UGWL) is an effective way of helping a surgeon find an impalpable lesion but its use in the head and neck has only recently been described. The authors present an unusual case of bilateral multi-focal parotid oncocytoma, in which UGWL was combined with extracapsular dissection to obtain an impalpable lesion for histological examination following initial equivocal core biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom. neilrwoodhouse@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Woodhouse
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Howlett
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014159:Transducers; D014465:Ultrasonics