RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Imaging of perineural tumor spread from palatal carcinoma.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1417
OP 1422
VO 19
IS 8
A1 L E Ginsberg
A1 F DeMonte
YR 1998
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/8/1417.abstract
AB Carcinomas of the hard or soft palate are known to spread perineurally along palatine branches of the maxillary nerve. Imaging of perineural tumor spread from the palate has been underemphasized in the imaging literature. We report the findings from eight patients in whom spread from primary cancers of the palate was seen along the palatine nerves. Indications of perineural spread include enlargement or excessive enhancement of a nerve, or abnormal density/signal intensity, enhancement, or widening of the pterygopalatine fossa, cavernous sinus, or Meckel's cave.