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Retraction Note: The diagnostic value of combined dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in characterization of parotid gland tumors

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Retraction Note: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (2020) 51:126.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00237-8

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because the following images presented as part of the case descriptions are replicated from [2] and [3] where they are part of case descriptions of different patients:

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Mohamed Ali EL-Adalany and Dina EL-Metwally agree with this retraction. Amany Ezzat Mohamed Mousa has not responded to any correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.

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  1. EL-Adalany et al. The diagnostic value of combined dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in characterization of parotid gland tumors. Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (2020) 51:126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00237-8

  2. Mohamed Metwally Abo El Atta, Talal Ahmed Amer, Ghada Mohamed Gaballa, Nehal Tharwat Mohammed El-Sayed. Multi-phasic CT versus dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in characterization of parotid gland tumors. Egypt J Radiol Nucl Med 47, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 1361-1372

  3. Nehal Tharwat Mohammed El-Sayed. Role of multidetector CT and MRI in evaluation of parotid gland tumors. MD Thesis defended at the Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, 2016

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EL-Adalany, M.A., Mousa, A.E.M. & EL-Metwally, D. Retraction Note: The diagnostic value of combined dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in characterization of parotid gland tumors. Egypt J Radiol Nucl Med 51, 180 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00306-y

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