Keywords:
Head and neck, Oncology
Authors:
A. A. A. Abdel Razek; Mansoura/EG
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-1763
Results
The mean ADC value of parotid cancer
1.17±0.12X 10-3 mm2/sec.
There was significant different in the ADC value between non and well differentiated tumors (P<0.003), small and large sized tumor (P=0.003) and insignificant difference in the ADC value between different histopathological types (p=0.07).
The ADC value of parotid cancer correlated with the size of tumor (P<0.002) and tumor grade (P<0.04).
Fig.: Fig. 1: Cancer parotid (poorly differentiated tumor with small sized). (A) Axial T2 weighted image shows small mass is seen in the right parotid gland.
Fig.: Fig. 1: Cancer parotid (poorly differentiated tumor with small sized). ( (B) ADC map shows low SI of the mass with low ADC value (0.96±0.16 X 10-3 mm2/sec).