Parotid gland oncocytosis: CT findings with histopathologic correlation

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Apr;29(4):734-6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0938. Epub 2008 Feb 13.

Abstract

Oncocytic neoplasms result from metabolically altered cells that accumulate abundant mitochondria within their cytoplasm by oncocytic metaplasia. In this report, the CT findings are described and correlated with the histopathologic features of a case of oncocytoma involving the parotid gland that arose in a background of nodular oncocytic hyperplasia. When imaging demonstrates multiple small nodules in the parotid gland with a large, solid, or cystic mass, the diagnosis of oncocytic neoplasia should be considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / pathology
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / radiotherapy*
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parotid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Parotid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*