The differential diagnosis of parotid gland tumors with high-resolution ultrasound in otolaryngological practice
Anna Rzepakowska, Ewa Osuch-Wójcikiewicz, Maria Sobol, Raul Cruz, Ewelina Sielska-Badurek, Kazimierz Niemczyk, Anna Rzepakowska, Ewa Osuch-Wójcikiewicz, Maria Sobol, Raul Cruz, Ewelina Sielska-Badurek, Kazimierz Niemczyk
Abstract
The aim of the study is to define the utility of ultrasound (US) in differentiating benign from malignant parotid tumors as well as pleomorphic adenomas (PA) from monomorphic adenoma (MA). Seventy-two consecutive parotid gland tumors were analysed with high-resolution ultrasonography (12 MHz) with color Doppler imagining. The histopathological diagnosis was confirmed after parotidectomy for each lesion. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) for the US were established. Receiver operating characteristic curves were constructed to determine the predictive values of echogenicity, heterogeneity, and vascularity on color Doppler. Area under the curve (AUC) was calculated for each parameter considered. The analysed material included 27 MA, 26 PA, 1 basal cell adenoma, 8 inflammatory conditions, and 10 malignant neoplasms. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of US in differentiation of malignant from benign lesions in the parotid gland were 60, 95.2, and 90.3%, respectively. The predictive values were: PPV 66.8% and NPV 93.6%. Differentiating diagnoses between PA and MA with US resulted in a sensitivity of 61.5%, specificity of 81.5%, and accuracy of 73.1%. The predictive values were: PPV 50% and NPV 68.8%, respectively. For distinguishing malignant from benign tumors, the highest AUC values noted were for heterogeneity and vascularization (0.8 and 0.743, respectively). The AUC values were the highest for hypoechogenicity and vascularization in separating PA from MA (0.718 and 0.685, respectively).
Keywords: Malignant parotid gland neoplasms; Monomorphic adenoma; Parotid gland tumor; Pleomorphic adenoma; Ultrasound.
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Conflict of interestNone declared.
Animal and human rightsThis article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Informed consentInformed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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