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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109716
Keywords
Salivary gland tumours; Magnetic resonance imaging; weighted imaging; Diffusion-weighted imaging
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Salivary gland tumours, rare and mainly located in the parotid gland, vary in malignancy based on location. Fine needle aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy are key for diagnosis, while MRI plays a growing role in providing additional information for assessment.
Salivary gland tumours are rare, representing only 3% of all head and neck neoplasms, with the parotid gland being the most common site (80 %). The risk of malignancy is inversely proportional to the size of the gland: lesions arising in the sublingual or minor salivary glands are more likely to be malignant, whereas parotid gland neoplasms are mostly benign. Fine needle aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy are considered the most accurate modalities for the diagnosis of a salivary gland neoplasm; however, they are not always conclusive due to procedural sampling errors and for the presence of a cytological / histological overlap between benign and malignant tumours. Moreover, they cannot be easily performed for parotid deep portion localisation. The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is growing and advanced techniques (diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion-weighted imaging) can provide useful additional information for the assessment of salivary gland neoplasms. The aim of this review is to present the main MRI and clinical features of salivary gland tumours to improve their comprehensive evaluation and characterisation.
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