Magnetic resonance imaging staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the head and neck

Ann Dorothy King; Kunwar Suryaveer Singh Bhatia

doi:10.4329/wjr.v2.i5.159

Magnetic resonance imaging staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the head and neck

World J Radiol. 2010 May 28;2(5):159-65. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i5.159.

Authors

Ann Dorothy King¹, Kunwar Suryaveer Singh Bhatia

Affiliation

¹ Ann Dorothy King, Kunwar Suryaveer Singh Bhatia, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for staging nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the head and neck. This article will review the patterns of primary and nodal spread on MRI with reference to the latest 7th edition of the International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system.

Keywords: Lymph nodes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Staging; metastases.