title: Malignant melanoma of mandibular gingiva; the usefulness of fat-saturated MRI.
abstract: Case report of a histologically validated malignant melanoma affecting the mandibular molar gingiva in a 31-year-old woman. Tumour was evaluated by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 1.5-T, spin-echo 3 mm slice thickness with T1-weighted and fat-saturated T1-weighted images. The fat-saturated T1-weighted images demonstrated the lesion more clearly than conventional T1-weighted images.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan. hayashi@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shingaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikarashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008334:Mandible; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008963:Molar; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness