The purpose of this research was to evaluate the role of Echo Colour/Power Doppler and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of expansive parotid lesions, and to establish criteria for differential diagnosis between benign and malignant forms. Forty nine patients (23 males and 26 females), aging from 30 to 85 years, with an expansive pathology of parotid gland were enrolled in our study from February 1999 through August 2004. Each patient was carefully assessed employing both ultrasonography integrated with Color/Power Doppler and MRI. Eventually, all patients received echo-guided needle-biopsy and surgical excision of the parotid lesion. Preliminary ultrasound assessed site, size, echoic appearance and margins of the lesion. In order to assess blood supply by means of Colour/Power Doppler, we divided the patients in four groups. Our MRI diagnostic criteria included site, size, intensity of signal, behaviour of the lesion after i.v. contrast, relationship with facial nerve and retromandibular vein, detection of margins and proximity to adjacent structures. On the basis of our results, the Authors concluded that both Echo Colour/Power Doppler and MRI play a very important role in the diagnosis and surgical planning of parotid gland lesions.
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