Differentiation of Cervical Spine Osteoradionecrosis and Bone Metastasis After Radiotherapy Detected by Bone Scan in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Differentiation of Cervical Spine Osteoradionecrosis and Bone Metastasis After Radiotherapy Detected by Bone Scan in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Background: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the cervical spine is a serious complication after radiotherapy (RT), which may show increased radiotracer uptake on a bone scan (BS) and be mistaken as metastasis. We aimed to assess the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the differentiation of cerv...

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Main Authors: Xi Zhong, Li Li, Bingui Lu, Hainan Zhang, Lu Huang, Xinjia Lin, Jiansheng Li, Jian Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
osteoradionecrosis
cervical spine
magnetic resonance imaging
bone scan
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2020.00015/full

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