title: Parotid space: anatomic imaging.
abstract: The authors present imaging anatomy of the parotid space and discuss non-neoplastic lesions, autoimmune disorders, cysts, neoplastic lesions, epithelial tumors, and nonepithelial lesions. They describe the diseases and their appearance on imaging, describing how the differential diagnoses appear, along with presenting examples of the images, primarily computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Penn State University and Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. skanekar@hmc.psu.edu
authors.forename: Sangam G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kanekar
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mannion
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zacharia
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Showalter
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D018267:Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography