SIALOBLASTOMA (EMBRYOMA) - MR FINDINGS OF A RARE PEDIATRIC SALIVARY-GLAND TUMOR

Authors
SOM PM BRANDWEIN M SILVERS AR ROTHSCHILD MA
Citation
Pm. Som et al., SIALOBLASTOMA (EMBRYOMA) - MR FINDINGS OF A RARE PEDIATRIC SALIVARY-GLAND TUMOR, American journal of neuroradiology, 18(5), 1997, pp. 847-850
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
18
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
847 - 850
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1997)18:5<847:S(-MFO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report the findings in a 21-month-old girl who had a noninfiltratin g mass in the left cheek, just anterior to the masseter muscle, which, at surgery, proved to be a sialoblastoma. Sialoblastoma has a histolo gic appearance reminiscent of a primitive state of salivary gland deve lopment; that is, it shows an arrested state of salivary maturation. M R imaging in this case showed that the lesion was isointense with musc le on T1-weighted images, had a high-intermediate signal intensity sim ilar to that of fat on T2-weighted images, and enhanced sparsely and n onhomogeneously.