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Minimum Fascia-Tumour Distance for Differentiating Deep Lobe From Superficial Lobe Benign Parotid Tumours: A
Yi-Chan Lee1,2, Yao-Te Tsai3, Ming-Shao Tsai3
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
Background:
This study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of the minimum fascia-tumour distance (MFTD) in distinguishing deep-lobe benign parotid tumours from superficial-lobe tumours through both an original study and a meta-analysis.
Methods:
In this study, we performed a retrospective analysis of data from 91 patients who had been diagnosed with benign parotid tumours. The MFTD values were sourced from preoperative ultrasound examinations. The locations of these tumours were confirmed through surgical findings. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of MFTD by utilising receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Additionally, we conducted a systematic review of the pertinent literature and performed a diagnostic meta-analysis to ascertain the overall diagnostic efficacy of MFTD in identifying benign parotid tumours.
Results:
Patients with tumours in the deep lobe had a significantly greater MFTD than patients with tumours in the superficial lobe. Using a cutoff value of 3.50 mm for MFTD, we found an AUC of 0.93, a sensitivity of 81.8%, and a specificity of 98.8%. Our meta-analysis included seven studies covering a total of 1689 tumours. The pooled values for sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (OR) of MFTD were 81.0%, 89.0%, and 32.2, respectively. The AUC of the summarised ROC curve of MFTD was 0.90.
Conclusion:
The MFTD demonstrated reliable diagnostic accuracy in identifying deep-lobe benign parotid tumours and may be incorporated into standard evaluations before parotidectomy.
