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Tongue Abscesses: MR Imaging Findings

M. Ozturka, E. Mavilia, N. Erdogana, S. Caglib and E. Guneyb

a Department of Radiology, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey
b Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey


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  		Fig 1. A 51-year-old woman with abscess in the right middle third of the tongue.

A, An axial T1-weighted unenhanced MR image shows a centrally hypointense lesion with a high-intensity peripheral rim.

B, An axial T2-weighted MR image reveals a lesion that is very hyperintense, with a low-intensity rim (arrow) and hyperintense perilesional edema (arrowhead).

C, A contrast-enhanced axial T1-weighted MR image depicts rim enhancement in the lesion, with enhancing perilesional tissue (arrowhead). A hypointense peripheral halo surrounding the wall is seen (arrow).


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  		Fig 2. A 55-year-old man with an inflammatory mass lesion in the posterior third of the tongue.

A, An axial T1-weighted unenhanced MR image shows a hypointense nodular mass lesion in the vallecula (arrow).

B, A contrast-enhanced axial T1-weighted MR image reveals marked enhancement with a nonenhancing central necrotic area (arrow).

C, An axial T2-weighted MR image reveals a lobulated hyperintense mass lesion with fine internal septations (arrowhead).





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