Clinical value of MRI diagnosis of kimura's disease in head and neck

YANG Guangming; LUO Zhuren; ZHENG Xiaohui; WANG Yan

Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical value of MRI in the diagnosis of kimura's disease in head and neck. Methods In our hospital from April of 2010 to April of 2016, 43 patients with head and neck Kimura disease were selected as the object of study. All patients underwent MRI examination and lesions, patients clinical manifestations and MRI findings and pathology were recorded. Results In 43 patients, 59 lesions were found, of which 37 cases were located in the ipsilatesal side, and the lesions were in the bilateral side in 6 cases. The main lesions were in the parotid gland and subcutaneous tumors (11 cases), parotid gland (9 cases), right parotid gland and right ear (7 cases), left and right parotid gland (7 cases), bilateral parotid and submandibular gland (6 cases), right parotid gland and temporal subsutaneous region mass (3 cases). MRI examination showed that 59 lesions (94.92%) had 56 lesions infiltrated into the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in a diffuse mass, with a clear border and irregular shape of the lesion. Conclusion The clinical diagnosis of Kimura disease needs to be combined with relevant laboratory examination and clinical manifestations . MRI is more accurate in the diagnosis of head and neck Kimura disease, so, it is worthy of wide clinical application.