Post-Actinic Mandibular Fracture in a Patient with a Radio-Treated Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Remission



Fig. 10.1
MIP image: pathological glucose consumption in the left mandible. Absence of focal lesions with a high metabolism in other parts of the body indicating a recurrence of disease



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Fig. 10.2
CT-PET: gross structural alteration of the left mandibular bone trabeculae extended to the vertical branch, irregular thinning of the bone cortex, interrupted at intervals, due to dystrophic—degenerative phenomena and post-actinic late fracture. The high metabolism is determined by medullary reparative reactive activation

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Sep 3, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY | Comments Off on Post-Actinic Mandibular Fracture in a Patient with a Radio-Treated Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Remission

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