Emergency neck MRI: feasibility and diagnostic accuracy in cases of neck infection.
Janne NurminenJarno VelhonojaJaakko HeikkinenTatu HapponenMikko NymanHeikki IrjalaTero SoukkaKimmo MattilaJussi HirvonenPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2020)
We found that emergency neck MRI can be successfully performed on most patients, and that MRI detects neck infection with a high accuracy. These results suggest that MRI may be an alternative to CT as the first or only imaging modality in neck emergencies.
Keyphrases
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