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MRI of the mandible

IRM de la mandibule

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Eighteen patients with abnormalities of the mandible and two normal volunteers were studied with MRI. Correlation was made with MR, CT, plain X-rays, clinical examination, and surgical findings when possible. In primary tumors of the mandible, MR was able to differentiate between solid and cystic lesions. In the cases of secondary invasion of the mandible by malignant tumors, MR was able to demonstrate replacement of the normal high signal bone marrow by low signal tumor. In some cases, the extent of marrow involvement shown on MR and confirmed at surgery was significantly underestimated by clinical examination, plain films, and CT. From this limited experience, it appears that MR may play an important role in imaging pathology of the mandible.

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Dix-huit patients ayant une anomalie de la mandibule et deux volontaires normaux ont été étudiés par IRM. Des corrélations ont été faites avec les données de la TDM, des radiographies simples, de l'examen clinique et des constatations chirurgicales lorsqu'elles étaient disponibles. Dans les tumeurs primitives de la mandibule, l'IRM est capable de différencier les lésions solides et les lésions kystiques. Dans les envahissements secondaires de la mandibule par les tumeurs malignes, l'IRM peut montrer le remplacement du haut signal normal de la moelle osseuse par un bas signal tumoral. Dans certains cas, l'étendue de l'atteinte de la moelle osseuse observée en IRM et confirmée par la chirurgie était significativement sous-estimée par l'examen clinique, les radiographies simples et la TDM. Il ressort de cette expérience limitée que l'IRM peut jouer un rôle important dans l'imagerie des affections de la mandibule.

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Christianson, R., Lufkin, R.B., Abemayor, E. et al. MRI of the mandible. Surg Radiol Anat 11, 163–169 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096475

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