title: The diagnosis of parotid lesions.
abstract: • Importance of appropriate preoperative diagnosis of parotid tumours. • The reasons why FNAC and USCB are the preferred diagnostic method. • USCB as the diagnostic biopsy tool of choice in many institutions.
authors.affiliation: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK, guvenkaya1@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Guven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Howlett
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18