Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology

Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology

A 54-year-old man without medical history presented with a right-sided tumor of the parotid gland. The consistency of the mass was soft. The patient was asymptomatic except for the self-palpation of the process. He had unremarkable clinical examination including neck nodal areas. The ‘conventional’...

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Main Authors: IB Aremu, Ph Grandjean, M Hamoir, B Weynand, Th Duprez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2012-11-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/738
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spelling doaj-41a16001f6f5484f907b4333d84aa38d2020-11-24T23:38:51ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812012-11-0195610.5334/jbr-btr.738738Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathologyIB Aremu0Ph Grandjean1M Hamoir2B Weynand3Th Duprez4Department of Medical Imaging, University of Ilorin, College of Health Sciences, Ilorin, Kwara State, NigeriaDepartment of medical Imaging, Université Catholique de LouvainDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Centre Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels BelgiumDepartment of Pathology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, BelgiumDepartment of medical Imaging, Université Catholique de LouvainA 54-year-old man without medical history presented with a right-sided tumor of the parotid gland. The consistency of the mass was soft. The patient was asymptomatic except for the self-palpation of the process. He had unremarkable clinical examination including neck nodal areas. The ‘conventional’ MRI examination gave significant clues for the diagnosis (Fig. A). The neoplasm displayed elevated signal intensity on unenhanced T1-weighted images (A) suggesting a colloid content and enhanced only slightly after paramagnetic contrast agent (CA) perfusion (B), which is a valuable criterion to distinguish it from other common benign (pleiomorphic adenoma) and malignant (carcinomas) neoplasms of the parotid gland which usually exhibit strong heterogeneous enhancement. Low contrast-enhancement was confirmed by subtracting pre- and post-contrast T1-weighted images (C).https://www.jbsr.be/articles/738
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author IB Aremu
Ph Grandjean
M Hamoir
B Weynand
Th Duprez
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Ph Grandjean
M Hamoir
B Weynand
Th Duprez
Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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title Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
title_short Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
title_full Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
title_fullStr Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
title_full_unstemmed Suggestive MR features of Whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
title_sort suggestive mr features of whartin’s tumor with correlation between diffusion-weighted imaging and pathology
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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publishDate 2012-11-01
description A 54-year-old man without medical history presented with a right-sided tumor of the parotid gland. The consistency of the mass was soft. The patient was asymptomatic except for the self-palpation of the process. He had unremarkable clinical examination including neck nodal areas. The ‘conventional’ MRI examination gave significant clues for the diagnosis (Fig. A). The neoplasm displayed elevated signal intensity on unenhanced T1-weighted images (A) suggesting a colloid content and enhanced only slightly after paramagnetic contrast agent (CA) perfusion (B), which is a valuable criterion to distinguish it from other common benign (pleiomorphic adenoma) and malignant (carcinomas) neoplasms of the parotid gland which usually exhibit strong heterogeneous enhancement. Low contrast-enhancement was confirmed by subtracting pre- and post-contrast T1-weighted images (C).
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/738
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