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ArticleHua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology2019

[Clinical value of quantitative parameters by spectral CT in parotid gland tumor].

Lei Su, Chen-Lu Xie, Qiang Sun, Jian-Bo Gao

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Lei SuDept. of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
Chen-Lu XieDept. of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
Qiang SunDept. of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
Jian-Bo GaoDept. of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.

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objectiveThis study aimed to investigate the value of normalized iodine concentration (NIC), spectral attenuation curve slope (SACS), area under curve (AUC), and iodine concentration difference (ICD) generated from spectral CT in the assessment of parotid gland tumors.

methodsNinety-two patients with pathologically confirmed parotid gland tumors underwent arterial phase- and venous phase-enhanced CT in spectral CT. The patients were divided into the pleomor-phic adenoma group (group A), Warthin tumor group (group B), basal cell tumor group (group C), and malignant tumor group (group D). The SACS, AUC, NIC, ICD were measured and analyzed. Statistical analyses were performed by one-way ANOVA, and statistical significance was set at P<0.05.

resultsSACS(AP), AUC(AP), and NIC(AP) in group A were lower than those in other groups; SACS(VP) and AUC(VP) in group C were higher than those in other groups; NIC(AP) and NIC(VP) in group D were higher than those in other groups; and ICD in group B was a positive number. The difference in SACS(AP) and AUC(AP) in groups B and C, SACS(VP) and AUC(VP) in groups C and D, and ICD in groups A and C were not statistically significant. By contrast, the diffe-rence between the other groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). The difference in NIC(AP) between groups A and B and groups C and D and the difference in NIC(VP) between groups A and C, groups A and D, and groups B and C were statistically significant (P=0.005, 0.025, 0.002, 0.038, and 0.049, respectively).

conclusionsMulti-quantitative parameters from spectral CT might be helpful in differentiating various types of parotid gland tumors.

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IodineTomography, X-Ray ComputedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansParotid GlandIodineiodine concentrationparotid gland tumorspec­tral imagingtomography

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PMID31875442
PMCPMC7030760

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