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Among them, seven patients with myoepithelioma and 29 with pleomorphic adenoma also underwent preoperative CT. MRI and CT findings were compared between the two groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Multinodular configuration (27% vs. 4%), mild hyperintensity relative to the spinal cord on T2-weighted images (91% vs. 48%), and focal unenhanced areas on fat-suppressed contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images (100% vs. 47%) were significantly more frequent in myoepithelioma than in pleomorphic adenoma, respectively (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). In contrast, marked hyperintensity relative to the spinal cord on T2-weighted images (46% vs. 9%), higher signal intensity ratios on T2-weighted images (1.68\u2009\u00b1\u20090.47 vs. 1.40\u2009\u00b1\u20090.39), and higher apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values (1.68\u2009\u00b1\u20090.36 vs. 1.38\u2009\u00b1\u20090.23\u2009\u00d7\u200910\n                      <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \/s) were significantly more common in pleomorphic adenoma than in myoepithelioma, respectively (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Contrast-enhanced CT attenuation was significantly higher in myoepithelioma than in pleomorphic adenoma (93.3\u2009\u00b1\u200910.5 vs. 59.2\u2009\u00b1\u200922.8 HU,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although MRI and CT features of myoepithelioma and pleomorphic adenoma can overlap, the presence of a multinodular configuration, focal unenhanced areas, lower T2 signal intensity, lower ADC values, and higher contrast-enhanced CT attenuation may aid in differentiating myoepithelioma from pleomorphic adenoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11604-025-01867-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]],"date-time":"2025-09-15T02:58:29Z","timestamp":1757905109000},"page":"55-65","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["MRI and CT features of head and neck myoepithelioma: comparison with parotid pleomorphic adenoma"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"44","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5926-1895","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hiroki","family":"Kato","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takuya","family":"Seko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hirofumi","family":"Shibata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takenori","family":"Ogawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomohiro","family":"Ando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masaya","family":"Kawaguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshifumi","family":"Noda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdelazim Elsayed","family":"Elhelaly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hirohiko","family":"Imai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masayuki","family":"Matsuo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"1867_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1051\/mbcb\/2017040","volume":"24","author":"L Maffi-Berthier","year":"2018","unstructured":"Maffi-Berthier L, Le PF, Ejeil AL. 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