Open AccessCan the height of the parotid tumor be a predictor of malignancy?
Author(s) -
Gene Huh,
Jae-Cheul Ahn,
Wonjae Cha,
WooJin Jeong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs-20-741
Subject(s) - medicine , parotid gland , malignancy , condyle , cytology , radiology , fine needle aspiration , fine needle aspiration cytology , surgery , pathology , biopsy
Accurate diagnosis of malignancy in the parotid gland before surgery is often challenging. Various clues should be used to increase the index of suspicion for malignancy. We hypothesized that malignant lesions of the parotid gland are located at the superior part of the gland compared to benign ones.
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