Population Based Average Parotid Gland Volume and Prevalence of Incidental Tumors in T1-MRI

Representative epidemiologic data on the average volume of the parotid gland in a large population-based MRI survey is non-existent. Within the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), we examined the parotid gland in 1725 non-contrast MRI-scans in T1 weighted sequence of axial layers. Thus, a reliable...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Brzoska, Tina, Ittermann, Till, Ihler, Friedrich, Koch, Carmela, Blaurock, Markus, Bülow, Robin, Völzke, Henry, Busch, Chia-Jung, Beule, Achim Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112310
Descripción
Sumario:Representative epidemiologic data on the average volume of the parotid gland in a large population-based MRI survey is non-existent. Within the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), we examined the parotid gland in 1725 non-contrast MRI-scans in T1 weighted sequence of axial layers. Thus, a reliable standard operating procedure (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient > 0.8) could be established. In this study, we found an average, single sided parotid gland volume of 27.82 cm(3) (95% confidence interval (CI) 27.15 to 28.50) in male and 21.60 cm(3) (95% CI 21.16 to 22.05) in female subjects. We observed positive associations for age, body mass index (BMI), as well as male sex with parotid gland size in a multivariate model. The prevalence of incidental tumors within the parotid gland regardless of dignity was 3.94% in the Northeast German population, slightly higher than assumed. Further epidemiologic investigations regarding primary salivary gland diseases are necessary.

Ejemplares similares