Undetectability of oral tongue cancer on magnetic resonance imaging; clinical significance as a predictor to avoid unnecessary elective neck dissection in node negative patients.
Akira BabaYumi OkuyamaKoshi IkedaAyako KozakaiTaiki SuzukiHirokazu SaitoSatoru OganeShinji YamazoeHideomi YamauchiNobuhiro OginoYuki SetoYuko KobashiTakuji MogamiHiroya OjiriPublished in: Dento maxillo facial radiology (2019)
When oral tongue cancer is not detected on MRI, it indicates pathological DOI being smaller than 4 mm, which may imply that elective neck dissection is unnecessary.