CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient with painless swelling in the left parotid gland. The swelling is relatively homogeneously palpable. There are symptoms of night sweat and weight loss.The facial nerve is not affected.


FINDINGS:
The T2 image demonstrates a well defined hyperdense mass in the left parotid gland.
The mass appears hypodense in the non-contrast T1 image and homogeneously hyperdense after contrast administration.


DIAGNOSIS:
Low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Other benign tumors of the parotid gland.


Web resources:

1) Medecoinfo
2) Medicine Wordwide
3) Onkologie.de


 




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