CASE
HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient
with excessive cigarette and alcohol consumption. Appearance of an ulcerated
area in the anterior portion of the mouth floor for
several months. Ulceration is
hard on palpation.
FINDINGS:
The
T2-weighted image (upper left image) reveals a hyperintense
mass in the anterior portion of the mouth floor. The mass borders on
the lower jaw and exceeds the midline.
The mass is hypointense in
the pre-contrast T2-weighted image (upper right picture) and appears hyperintense after
contrast administration and fat saturation (lower picture).
DIAGNOSIS:
Carcinoma of the mouth floor.
DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSIS:
Other tumors of the mouth floor.
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