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European Radiology
Published in: European Radiology 10/2015

01-10-2015 | Letter to the Editor

The diagnosis of parotid lesions

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 10/2015

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Key points

• 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.
Literature
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Seo YL et al (2015) Incidental focal FDG uptake in the parotid glands on PET/CT in patients with head and neck malignancy. Eur Radiol 25:171–177CrossRefPubMed
2.
Haldar S et al (2014) Diagnostic investigation of parotid neoplasms: a 16-year experience of freehand fine needle aspiration cytology and ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. doi:10.​1016/​j.​ijom.​2014.​09.​025
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Witt BL et al (2014) Ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy of salivary gland lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Laryngoscope 124:695–700CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
The diagnosis of parotid lesions
Publication date
01-10-2015
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-015-3713-4

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