Preoperative Diagnostic Strategy for Parotid Gland Tumors Using Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Technetium-99m Pertechnetate Scintigraphy: A Prospective Study

OBJECTIVE: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for diagnosis of a parotid gland tumor is widely used but its sensitivity is low and non-diagnostic rate is relatively high. In contrast, core needle biopsy (CNB) has a higher sensitivity and lower rate of sampling errors but has a higher risk of inj...

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Autores principales: Kikuchi, Masahiro, Koyasu, Sho, Shinohara, Shogo, Imai, Yukihiro, Hino, Megumu, Naito, Yasushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148973

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148973

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