A study role of mri in the assessment of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and its cervical lymph node metastasis

Background: Carcinomas of the oral cavity account for 3-5% of all malignancies worldwide and show an increasing incidence.
Methods: In the prospective study, 40 patients (24 males, 16 females), aged 25 to 77 years (mean 53.3). who referred to the surgery department, underwent surgery for a primary SCC of the oral cavity.
Result: The minimum age of the patients was 27 years; maximum age 76 years and the mean age was 53.3 years. Males constituted 60% of the patients and the rest were females. The frequency of tumors in the cheek was 15% and 12% in the floor of mouth, the number of lymph nodes detected by MRI was (n=16).
Conclusion: MRI is the methods of choice for evaluation of the primary tumor in patients with head and neck cancer because of their better anatomic resolution.