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From: Cervical spine osteoradionecrosis or bone metastasis after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma? The MRI-based radiomics for characterization

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Images in a patient after radiotherapy that was diagnosed with cervical spine ORN by surgery pathology, these images derived from our hospital and patients’ informed consent were waived by the institutional review board. a Sagittal T1-weighted image shows hypointensity change in C6, C7 vertebral body, and paravertebral soft tissue, and the spinal canal is pressed (white arrow). b Sagittal FS T2-weighted image shows hyperintensity change in C6, C7 vertebral body and paravertebral soft tissue, and the spinal canal (white arrow) and prevertebral endorhachis are pressed (red arrow). c Axial CE-T1W image shows marked enhancement of C6 alike soft mass, and the lesion protrudes into the spinal canal (white arrow). d Pathological assessment shows inflammatory cell infiltration was identified in the lesion, without malignancy

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