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11 Sonography ofMajor Salivary Glands
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Fig. 11.36 (a) B-mode ultrasound of parotid gland carcinoma shows an
inhomogeneous intra-parotideal lesion with irregular borders, which appears with irregular hard areas in strain elastography. (b) Slight vessel
pleomorphic adenoma [2]. Adenoid cystic carcinomas show striking differences from other parotid gland carcinomas. The growth pattern of adenoid cystic carcinoma is rather slow, but perineural invasion can frequently be seen and results in a higher proportion of facial nerve palsy at the time of diagnosis [2]. Hematogenous metastases (particularly pul­monary metastases) occur frequently, whereas lymphatic metastatic spread is infrequent. Therefore, pulmonary and abdominal CT scan is a mandatory part of the initial and follow-up staging [2].
Overall, facial nerve palsy can be diagnosed in 8% of all patients with parotid gland malignancy, with a pronounced occurrence in squamous cell carcinomas and their metasta-
formation is visualized in color-coded duplex sonography, (c) Contrast enhanced ultrasound shows hyperperfused and hypoperfused areas. The white line outlines the parotid gland; the red line indicates the tumor
ses [2]. Preoperative ultrasonographic identication of sali­vary gland malignancy is of major clinical impact in managing the balancing act between sufcient radicality and a minimum of facial nerve alteration. Irregular tumor bor­ders, missing acoustic enhancement, and the occurrence of cervical lymph nodes in B-mode ultrasound—as well as irregular (“chaotic”) vessel formation in color-coded duplex sonography—are highly suspicious for salivary gland malig­nancy (Fig.11.36) [3, 52, 54]. Inhomogeneous elastography visualizing a mixture of hard and soft areas (“garland sign”) occurs signicantly more often in salivary gland malignancy (Fig.11.36a). The impact of shear-wave techniques is dis­cussed controversially [54, 66]. Unfortunately, the vast
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Fig. 11.37 Color-coded duplex sonography (a) and axial CT scan (b) of intra-parotideal metastasis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Color-
coded duplex sonography shows an inhomogeneous, hypoechoic tumor with well-dened borders and capsular vascularity
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majority of salivary gland carcinoma does not demonstrate a “typical” ultrasonographic appearance and will be underdi­agnosed [3, 52, 54]. In these cases, hypoperfusion in CEUS of hypervascularized tumors after CDS (and vice versa) can often be attributed to malignant lesions (Fig. 11.36b, c). CEUS as part of an ultrasonography-based algorithm signi­cantly improves diagnostic sensitivity and specicity in the identication of salivary gland cancer, but it is not part of today’s sonography routine [3, 52, 54, 6769]. Therefore, the occurrence of ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes, parotid gland masses with a history of ipsilateral cutaneous malignancy, irregular tumor borders, and facial nerve alteration are highly suspicious for salivary gland malignancy (Fig.11.37) [3, 54].
Lymphoma
Manifestations of major salivary gland lymphoma can be seen in both mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and parotid gland lymph nodes [13, 17]. The parotid gland represents the most frequent tumor site, where lymphoma accounts for approximately 3% of all lesions [2]. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and mucosa-associated lymphoid tis­sue (MALT) lymphoma represent the most frequent entities [2, 3]. Glandular MALT lymphoma often refers to Sjögren’s syndrome [11, 17, 70]. Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome have a 44-fold increased risk of developing salivary or extra­salivary lymphoma, 48–75% of which cases are MALT lym­phoma [71]. There is a broad ultrasonographic appearance of salivary gland lymphoma. Some lymphomas show B-mode characteristics of benign or malignant parotid gland lesions. Others can be diagnosed as enlarged intra-parotideal lymph node or are hidden in lymphoepithelial lesions of Sjögren’s syndrome (Fig.11.38). Interestingly, facial nerve alteration is a rare event [2]. Open biopsy and “diagnostic” subman-
dibulectomy and parotidectomy are the diagnostic approaches of choice because of the lack of specicity of symptoms and ultrasonographic ndings and the broad variety of differen­tial diagnoses.
11.6 Pseudotumors ofMajor Salivary Glands
A few types of inammatory, dysontogenetic, and neoplastic lesions can be clinically mistaken for major salivary gland tumors. Some of these lesions originate in salivary gland structures; others refer to circumjacent tissue. The lesions most often misinterpreted as salivary gland tumors represent lymph nodes originating in level I or IIa. Limited space between the oor of the mouth, the mandible, and the sub­mandibular gland impede rough differentiation between a submandibular gland tumor and level I cervical lymph nodes [3]. B-mode assessment of the relative contact between the lesion and the submandibular gland can give a rough esti­mate of the lesional origin [3]. Tumors with less than 40% relative contact with the submandibular gland (referring to the entire tumor circumference) are cervical lymph nodes than submandibular gland tumors (Fig.11.39) [3]. In some cases, CDS clearly identies hilar vessel formation or vascu­larization apart from the submandibular gland, suggesting lymph node disease (Fig.11.40). In addition, tumor masses in level IIa must be differentiated as eccentric Warthin’s tumor or cervical lymph node (Fig.11.41) [58]. Unfortunately, Warthin’s tumor shares many B-mode and CDS criteria with cervical lymph nodes, so sonographic differentiation may be illusive at this point. Tumor diagnosis is based on total extir­pation, with awareness of the necessity of extracapsular dis-
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Fig. 11.38 (a) Color-coded duplex sonography shows grade 3
Sjögren’s syndrome of the right parotid gland, with septal hypervascu­larity referring to mucosa-associated lymphoma. (b) Diffuse large
Fig. 11.39 Color-coded duplex sonography demonstrates the relative
contact between the lesion (white line) and the submandibular gland (red line), referring to its own circumferences. Relative contact less
B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is visualized echo-free with well-dened borders and slight hilus vascularization
than 40% (left) refers to an extra-glandular lymph node; more than 40% (right) refers to a submandibular gland tumor
section. Application of continuous neuromonitoring might be suitable in these cases [58].
Another lesion in level IIa/b that requires differentiation is the rst branchial cleft cyst. Second to fourth branchial cleft cysts represent typical differential diagnoses of head and neck masses, but rst branchial cleft cysts occur infre­quently [72]. B-mode ultrasound demonstrates a hypoechoic or echo-free lesion in the caudal and deep part of the parotid gland, superiorly lying on the posterior belly of the digastric muscle (Fig.11.42) [73]. Intralesional macrovascularization and microvascularization are absent. Ductal structures pass­ing the gland profound to the facial nerve often fail to be
diagnosed (Fig.11.43) [73]. An extension into the parapha­ryngeal space can be diagnosed with MRI, which is indi­cated when cysts are not fully visualized via ultrasound (Fig.11.44).
Vessel-associated disease, including hemangioma, lymphangioma, and vessel malformation, also shows mani­festations in the parotid region or submandibular triangle. In B-mode ultrasound, hemangioma shows hypoechoic lesions sometimes resembling lipoma. CDS visualization ranges from a low-ow pattern to striking hypervascularity due to the underlying vessel supply (Fig.11.45). Though hemangi­oma appears hard on palpation, lymphangioma and vessel
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Fig. 11.40 Color-coded duplex sonography visualizes hilus vessel supply via facial vein branches (left), suggesting a level Ib lymph node.
Irregular submandibular gland vascularization (right) refers to submandibular gland adenoid cystic carcinoma
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Fig. 11.41 Differential diagnoses of parotid gland pseudo-tumors. (a)
Eccentric Warthin’s tumor is visualized in B-mode ultrasound as an inhomogeneous tumor with well-dened borders. (b) Color-coded duplex sonography shows peripheral and central hypervascularity. (c) In the same region, B-mode ultrasound visualized non-Hodgkin lym-
phoma as an echo-free tumor with well-dened borders. (d) Color­coded duplex sonography excludes branchial cleft cyst, but eccentric Warthin’s tumor remains a potential differential diagnosis. PBDM pos­terior belly of the digastric muscle, PG parotid gland
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Fig. 11.42 B-mode ultrasound of a rst branchial cleft cyst shows an echo-free lesion in the caudal and profound part of the parotid gland (a)
without perfusion in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (b). PBDM posterior belly of the digastric muscle, PG parotid gland
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Fig. 11.43 (a) Intraoperative situs in surgery for extirpation of a rst branchial cleft cyst (white dotted line). Shown are the duct (black arrow),
facial nerve (black star), and the supercial temporal artery (white arrow). (b) Extirpated rst branchial cleft cyst. DM digastric muscle [73]
Fig. 11.44 (a) Color-coded duplex sonography demonstrates avascular, echo-free lesion of the left parotid gland that cannot be completely visual-
ized by ultrasound. (b) Corresponding coronal MRI shows parapharyngeal extension of a rst branchial cleft cyst. JA jaw angle
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Fig. 11.45 Hemangioma. (a) B-mode ultrasound shows an inhomogeneous tumor of the parotid gland capsule. (b) Strong hypervascularity is
seen in color-coded duplex sonography
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Fig. 11.46 Submandibular lymphangioma. (a) B-mode ultrasound shows an echo-free tumor with intralesional septa. (b) Color-coded duplex
sonography excludes intralesional vascularization. FA facial artery, mmh mylohyoid muscle
malformation appear soft. Both show echo-free areas in B-mode ultrasound, with differing extent of intralesional septa [74]. Though CDS fails to visualize vascularization in lymphangioma (Fig.11.46), the acquisition of a valid vascu­larization pattern can be difcult in vessel malformation, particularly in venous low-ow variants. In these cases, contrast- enhanced ultrasound shows vessel perfusion with
high sensitivity (Fig.11.47). However, angio-MRI should be performed to exclude deep neck extension (Fig.11.48) [75].
Masseter muscle hypertrophy also represents a pseudo­tumor of the parotid gland that is usually associated with dysgnathia. B-mode ultrasound reveals unilateral or bilateral masseter muscle hypertrophy without any glandular pathol­ogy (Fig.11.49).
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Fig. 11.47 Vessel malformation. (a) B-mode ultrasound visualized
this submandibular low-ow vessel malformation as an echo-free lesion with intralesional septa comparable to those of lipoma. (b) Color-coded duplex sonography fails to visualize lesional vascularity. (c) Early-
phase contrast-enhanced ultrasound does not show lesional perfusion. (d) Late-phase contrast-enhanced ultrasound visualizes perfusion by facial vein (FV) supply. FA facial artery, SMG submandibular gland
Fig. 11.48 (a) Color-coded duplex sonography demonstrates an avascular, echo-free lesion of cavernous hemangioma that cannot be completely
visualized by ultrasound. (b) Corresponding coronal angio-MRI demonstrates broad transcervical extension
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Fig. 11.49 B-mode sonography of masseter muscle hypertrophy in the
pre-auricular region, profound to the parotid gland (white line). MM masseter muscle

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Ultrasound oftheThyroid Gland
TomislavNovosel andPeterJecker
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12.1 Introduction: TheThyroid Examination
To simplify the thyroid ultrasound (US) examination and to make it more practical and systematic (according to thyroid ultrasound features), it is reasonable to group the examina­tion into two parts: the general thyroid examination and spe­cial thyroid examination.
Before using US to go deep into thyroid problems, it is important to have a general overview. The rst step should be to measure the thyroid size (width, length, height). While obtaining these measurements, the examiner will acquire the rst impression of the thyroid: Is it normal in size, small, or enlarged? Is it substernal? Does it have nodules? Is the thy­roid tissue homogenous or heterogeneous? On the basis of these ndings, it is possible to start to diagnose pathology.
A more thorough, special thyroid US examination is important to completely evaluate thyroid nodules, to nd the presence or absence of pretracheal and paratracheal lymph nodes, and to perform elastography of thyroid nodules.
A substantial US report regarding thyroid nodules should always begin with the position of the nodules in the thyroid: the upper pole, the lower pole, the middle third of the thy­roid, or the isthmus. To complete the evaluation, the follow­ing US characteristics should be considered [1, 2]:
• The number of nodules in the thyroid
• The size of each nodule
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• The echogenicity of the nodules (hypoechoic, hyper­echoic, isoechoic, anechoic, homogeneous, heteroge­neous, cystic, solid, posterior enhancement, spongiform)
• The presence of calcication (microcalcications, coarse calcications, peripheral rim calcication [eggshell phenomenon])
• The form of the nodules (round, oval, irregular, “taller­than- wide” phenomenon)
• Regularity of the borders
• Halo effect
• Comet-tail sign
• Vascularization of the nodules (peripheral ring of ow, internal ow)
Thyroid US can also estimate the nature of lymph nodes
surrounding thyroid. The appearance and form of lymph nodes suggest whether they might be suspicious. Oval lymph nodes with hilum represent benign lymph nodes, whereas lymph nodes without hilum and with extensive internal ow are very suspicious and must be further inves­tigated by performing ne needle aspiration biopsy [3]. It is not usual to nd lymph nodes in the pretracheal or para­tracheal compartment, so it is essential to investigate all lymph nodes found in this area. But it should be expected to nd such lymph nodes in patients with autoimmune thy­roid disease (Hashimoto thyroiditis); the characteristics of Hashimoto thyroiditis are discussed in a later section of this chapter.
A relatively new US method to help distinguish soft
from hard thyroid nodules is elastography. Soft nodules are more likely to have a benign etiology, whereas hard nodules have a higher rate of malignancy [4]. Elastography findings alone are not currently enough to make a deci­sion about surgery, but it is a helpful diagnostic tool to decide whether fine needle aspiration biopsy should be performed.
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