10.1055/b-0034-75796 10 Computed Tomography of Spinal Abnormalities(Table 10.5 – Table 10.7) Table 10.5 Spine: Traumatic lesions Lesions CT Findings Comments Fracture (traumatic/osteopenic) Fig. 10.66 Fig. 10.67 Traumatic vertebral fracture: Acute/subacute…
10.1055/b-0034-75813 20 Biliary SystemHerzog\, Christopher Diseases of the biliary system are usually diagnosed by using ultrasound, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP), or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC). Computed tomography (CT) typically comes…
10.1055/b-0034-75818 25 Peritoneum and MesenteryHerzog\, Christopher The peritoneal space is an anatomically complex cavity and under normal physiological conditions nonvisible on computed tomography (CT) scans. However, Fig 25.1 displays CT…
10.1055/b-0034-75803 15 Trauma and Fractures: Shoulder Girdle and Upper Extremity Scapula fractures are classified according to their anatomical location. Fractures of the body and spine, acromion, coracoid, extra-articular glenoid, and…
10.1055/b-0034-75787 8 Suprahyoid Neck(Table 8.4 – Table 8.7) Table 8.4 Parotid space lesions Disease CT Findings Comments Congenital/developmental lesions First branchial cleft cyst Fig. 8.25 Well-defined, unilocular, ovoid to round,…
10.1055/b-0034-75788 8 Suprahyoid Neck(Table 8.8 – Table 8.11) Table 8.8 Lesions of the mucosal area of the oral cavity Disease CT Findings Comments Congenital/developmental lesions Infantile hemangioma (capillary hemangioma) Solitary,…
10.1055/b-0034-75802 15 Trauma and FracturesBurgener\, Francis A. Conventional radiography remains the primary diagnostic imaging modality for assessing fractures and dislocations. However, the role of computed tomography (CT) in fracture evaluation…
10.1055/b-0034-75800 13 Generalized Bone DiseaseBurgener\, Francis A. Bone consists of three major components: the mineralized structure, the red marrow, and the yellow marrow. In the mineral component, cancellous or trabecular…
10.1055/b-0034-75779 5 Skull Base and Temporal Bone(Table 5.1 – Table 5.4) Table 5.1 Skull base apertures and their content Aperture Location Content Cribriform plate Medial floor of anterior cranial fossa…
10.1055/b-0034-75806 15 Trauma and Fractures: Nonacute Trauma Osteochondritis dissecans appears to be caused in a great majority, if not all cases, by stress, usually of a chronic nature. The knee…
