Anterior mandible canal communications: A potential portal of entry for tumour spread

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Trikeriotis, Dimitris ^a   Paravalou, E ^a   Diamantopoulos, P ^b   Nikolaou, D ^c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Kyanous Stavros Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, squamous cell; Imaging, three dimensional; Mandible; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CANCER; METASTASIS; TONGUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41349095644     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/24407623     Document Type: Article

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