MY CONTENT

A group of 111 consecutive patients with untreated oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and available preoperative imaging and subsequent lymph node dissection was studied. Twenty nine subjects had radiographically determined extracapsular spread. Imaging sensitivity and specificity for extracapsular spread were 68% and 88%, respectively. Necrosis, irregular borders, and gross invasion were independently correlated with pathologically proved extracapsular spread.