{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,21]],"date-time":"2026-05-21T09:44:10Z","timestamp":1779356650674,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"9","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2007,11,1]],"date-time":"2007-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1193875200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Acta Radiol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: The differential diagnosis of parotid gland tumors is often difficult with conventional magnetic resonance imaging.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Purpose: To determine whether the calculation of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) is valuable for making the differential diagnosis of parotid tumors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Material and Methods: Thirty parotid masses in 28 patients and 24 healthy parotid glands in 12 controls were examined in this prospective study. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with echo-planar spin-echo sequences was used to evaluate each subject. The ADC of each tumor and each healthy parotid gland was calculated. Tumor diagnoses were confirmed by the results of histopathologic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Results: The following types of masses were identified: 11 Warthin tumors, nine pleomorphic adenomas, seven malignant tumors, one basal cell adenoma, and two benign cysts. The mean ADC value for the Warthin tumors was 0.97\u00b10.16\u00d710\n                    <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2005mm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/s, for the pleomorphic adenomas was 1.74\u00b10.37\u00d710\n                    <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2005mm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/s, for the malignant tumors was 1.04\u00b10.35\u00d710\n                    <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2005mm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/s, and for the normal parotid glands was 0.34\u00b10.20\u00d710\n                    <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2005mm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/s. The respective ADC value for the single basal cell adenoma was 1.40\u00d710\n                    <jats:sup>\u22123<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u2005mm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    \/s. Statistically significant differences were identified between the subjects with pleomorphic adenoma and those with another type of parotid tumor, and between subjects with healthy parotid glands and those with a tumor.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusion: Calculating the ADC appears to be useful in differentiating pleomorphic adenomas from other types of parotid gland tumors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1080\/02841850701501717","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,10,25]],"date-time":"2007-10-25T02:29:59Z","timestamp":1193279399000},"page":"980-987","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["Value of apparent diffusion coefficient calculation in the differential diagnosis of parotid gland tumors"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"48","author":[{"given":"H.","family":"Yerli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pathology, and Biostatistics, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. 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