Key result
MRI detects multiple head and neck hemangiomas via high signal intensity on T2-weighted images.
Why the study?
Multiple hemangiomas in the head and neck are relatively uncommon and preoperative diagnosis is difficult.
Case Report (n=1)
MRI is a useful diagnostic imaging modality for detecting multiple hemangiomas in the head and neck due to their high signal intensity on T2-weighted images.
MRI may aid detection of rare multiple head and neck hemangiomas; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Multiple hemangiomas in the head and neck is relatively uncommon and the preoperative diagnosis is difficult. A 25-year-old female was referred to our clinic in January 1990, because of swelling of the left cheek for 3 years.Several mass lesions in the head and neck were detected by diagnostic imaging and she was diagnosed as having multiple hemangiomas.A mass in the anterior region of the neck was resected. The pathological diagnosis was cavernous hemangioma.The usefulness of diagnostic imaging is discussed. MRI was especially useful in detecting multiple hemangiomas because all the mass lesions had high signal intensity on T2-weighted images.
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Furukawa et al. (1993) conducted a case report in Multiple hemangiomas in the head and neck (n=1). Diagnostic imaging (MRI, CT, US) was evaluated on Detection of multiple hemangiomas. Diagnostic imaging, particularly MRI, was highly useful in detecting multiple hemangiomas in the head and neck, as all mass lesions exhibited high signal intensity on T2-weighted images.
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