Fig. 8

Sixty-year-old female known case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue a axial STIR WIs and b coronal T2 WIs showing few enlarged right cervical lymph nodes with high T2 and STIR signal. c Post-contrast sagittal T1 WIs showing heterogeneous contrast uptake and a large area of breaking down. d DWIs b 1000 and e ADC map showing hyperintense LNs in diffusion WIs and corresponding intermediate to low signal in ADC map; with an ADC value of 1.127 × 10−3 mm2/s; the possibility of metastatic nodal deposits is considered which was proven by biopsy