Osteoradionecrosis of the upper cervical spine after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: Differentiation from recurrent or metastatic disease with MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-145

  Wu, Li An ^a   Liu, Hon Man ^a   Wang, Chun Wei ^a   Chen, Ya Fang ^a   Hong, Ruey Long ^a   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; ULCER; UPPER CERVICAL SPINE OSTEORADIONECROSIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84862659592     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111714     Document Type: Article

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