AJDRAJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

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Fig 2. A 66-year-old woman with ME. A, Precontrast axial CT scan shows an indistinct margin mass in the superficial lobe of the left parotid gland abutting on the capsule of the gland with calcification (arrow). B, Contrast-enhanced axial CT scan shows the mass with inhomogeneous enhancement. It contains a central enhancing nodule (small black arrow) and a nonenhancing peripheral cystic component (white arrow). C, Microscopic examination (HE; x10) shows the epithelioid nest (arrow) with a lot of vessels and a cystic component in the center (black asterisk). D, Microscopic examination (HE; x20) shows the inflamed cells (long arrows) and the tumor cells (short arrow).





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