Bilateral Warthin tumor of the parotid gland: A case report.
- Author:
Wan LEE
1
;
Byung Do LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Korea. eebydo@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Warthin Tumor;
Parotid Gland;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MeSH:
Adenolymphoma;
Aged;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy;
Parotid Gland;
Submandibular Gland
- From:Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
2008;38(1):57-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The Warthin tumor is a benign neoplasm that occurs mostly in the parotid gland. The tumor frequently occurs in the tail of the parotid gland. A 75-year-old man was referred to Wonkwang dental hospital with a chief complaint of swelling on the right submandibular area. Numerous salivary stones were observed in the right submandibular gland on computed tomography(CT). And the two tumorous lesions were incidentally found in the parotid gland bilaterally. The tumorous lesions showed homogeneous enhancement on the CT and intermediate signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images. This tumorous lesions also showed contrast enhancement on fat suppressed T1 weighted MR images. We report common CT and MR features of this case of Warthin tumor in the parotid gland with literature review.
