Isolated osteoradionecrosis of the dens mimicking metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1064-1066

  Lee, Jung Shun ^a   Huang, Chih Ming ^a   Yeh, I Chun ^b   Chen, Helen Hai Wen ^a   Lin, Jin Ching ^c   Chen, Hsing Hong ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Osteoradionecrosis; Plasma EBV DNA

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; BONE TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954087030     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.10.037     Document Type: Article

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