Osteoradionecrosis of the hyoid presenting as a cause of intractable neck pain following radiotherapy and the role of magnetic resonance image scanning to aid diagnosis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1003-1005

  Smith, W K ^a   Pfleiderer, A G ^a   Millet, B ^a  

^a EDITH CAVELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyoid Bone; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Osteoradionecrosis

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; GADOLINIUM; MORPHINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGOLARYNGOSCOPY; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347419248     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503322683975     Document Type: Article

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