Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Chronic Osteomyelitis: Our Experience, Review of the Literature and Role of MRI in Differential Diagnosis.

Roberto ScanferlaGiuliana RoselliGuido ScocciantiMarco BartoliniFrancesco MuratoriDomenico Andrea Campanacci

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

MRI played a key role in the differential diagnosis between infected and tumoral tissue, and was found to be crucial during follow-up. Amputation is the treatment of choice in extended tumoral involvement of bone and soft tissue.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
squamous cell carcinoma
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
bone mineral density
computed tomography
lower limb
magnetic resonance
lymph node metastasis
radiation therapy
peripheral artery disease