“…A large variety of benign and malignant tumours can arise from the salivary glands 10 , therefore, when a localised parotid mass is detected, it requires a specific diagnostic work-up focusing on evaluating the risk of malignancy, since it changes the prognosis and the attitude toward the facial nerve 11 . High-resolution US, conventional MRI and CT with contrast medium are commonly used for evaluating parotid masses 12 13 . We used, when possible, MRI for preoperative evaluation, but in patients previously evaluated with adequate CT scan images, we did not ask for further imaging.…”