Obliteration of fat planes by perineural spread of squamous cell carcinoma along the inferior alveolar nerve.
Squamous cell carcinoma showed perineural spread along the inferior alveolar nerve. Key CT features of this spread were foramen enlargement, resurfacing of tumor, and asymmetry of fat spaces.
Matzko
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Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
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Phillips
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*