Radiology Key

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS: GENERAL ISSUES, GROWTH PATTERNS, AND TREATMENT-RELATED CHANGES ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Growth patterns of benign and malignant neoplasms Perineural spread of malignancies Computed tomography, magnetic…

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Nerve sheath tumors are common benign tumors in the head and neck. Schwannomas and neurofibromas often have distinctive…

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT EPITHELIAL TUMORS: LESIONS OF CUTANEOUS (SKIN) ORIGIN ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Skin cancer is usually not life threatening but can be if more advanced lesions are…

CALCIFICATION, OSSIFICATIONS, MATRICES, RADIODENSE FOREIGN BODIES, AND THEIR MIMICS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Calcification, ossification, and the presence of a matrix are frequently crucial to the diagnostic process. Calcification,…

LYMPHOMA ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Lymphoma is a common disease of the head and neck. Lymphoma most often presents as nodal disease. In its extranodal varieties, it takes on…

INFECTIONS AND NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS: GENERAL MORPHOLOGY, CELLULITIS, ABSCESS, AND SUPPURATIVE ADENITIS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS The basis of the “inflammatory morphology” as seen on anatomic imaging studies is…

TEMPORAL BONE, POSTERIOR SKULL BASE, POSTERIOR FOSSA, AND CRANIAL NERVES ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, BERIT M. VERBIST, AND PATRICK J. ANTONELLI TECHNICAL ASPECTS In general, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance…

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT EPITHELIAL TUMORS: LESIONS OF GLANDULAR ORIGIN ANTHONY A. MANCUSO Key Points Epithelial tumors of glandular most commonly arise from the major and minor salivary glands. Benign and…