Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Crystalloid-Containing Parotid Cysts

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2020 Jul/Aug;44(4):569-570. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000001059.

Abstract

Crystalloids are occasionally encountered on fine needle aspiration of cystic parotid lesions. This goal of this study was to retrospectively characterize the MRI features of a series benign crystalloid-containing parotid cysts. A total of 4 patients with fine needle aspiration findings of crystalloids and available parotid MRI scans were identified. Review of the imaging revealed that the cystic lesions contain layering material that corresponds to crystals.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parotid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Parotid Gland / pathology*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Retrospective Studies