Trauma: Lingual Nerve Injury from Dental Extraction
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Animation: Injury associated nerve image hyperintensity and swelling at a site of nerve trauma.
This example illustrates an injury associated nerve image hyperintensity and swelling at a site of nerve trauma (*) resulting from an oral surgery procedure.
The lingual and inferior alveolar components of the mandibular nerve (M) are well seen.
The image findings confirm the traumatic origin of the numbness and pain experienced by the patient after the extraction.
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