title: Obliteration of fat planes by perineural spread of squamous cell carcinoma along the inferior alveolar nerve.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matzko
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: 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*