Contribution of MRI in the diagnosis of parotid tumors

The parotid location is the most frequent tumor of the salivary glands. It is characterized by an important histological diversity. Discrimination between a benign and a malignant mass is necessary to plan the subsequent management. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive examination that has a prominent place in the diagnostic approach. The objective of our work was to correlate the MRI appearance of parotid tumors with their histological type.