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.
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MeSH terms
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Adenolymphoma / diagnosis
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Branchioma / diagnosis
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Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / diagnosis
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Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Humans
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Lymphangioma / pathology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Parotid Diseases / diagnosis*
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Parotid Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Parotid Gland / abnormalities
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Parotid Gland / diagnostic imaging
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Parotid Gland / pathology
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Parotid Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Sialadenitis / diagnostic imaging
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Sjogren's Syndrome / diagnosis
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Ultrasonography