Benign and Malignant Meningeal Tumors
BENIGN AND MALIGNANT MENINGEAL TUMORS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Extracranial meningiomas are rare and in reality usually turn out to be transcranial extensions of intracranial tumors. When a transcranial…
Naturally Occurring Paramagnetic Substances Including Blood Products
NATURALLY OCCURRING PARAMAGNETIC SUBSTANCES INCLUDING BLOOD PRODUCTS. ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS How to understand the effects of naturally occurring paramagnetic substances on computed tomography and magnetic resonance images. The…
Infectious and Noninfectious Inflammatory Disorders: Vasculitis Including Arteritis, Thrombophlebitis and Vascular Thrombosis
INFECTIOUS AND NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS: VASCULITIS INCLUDING ARTERITIS, THROMBOPHLEBITIS, AND VASCULAR THROMBOSIS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Venous and arterial disease is an important conduit of inflammatory disease spread in…
Developmental Lesions: Epidermoid, Dermoid, Teratomas, Hamartomas and Aberrant Tissue
DEVELOPMENTAL LESIONS: EPIDERMOID, DERMOID, TERATOMAS, HAMARTOMAS, AND ABERRANT TISSUE ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Developmental abnormalities should be referred to by their proper names. A correct understanding of these conditions…
Infectious and Non Infectious Inflammatory Disorders: Sarcoidosis and Inflammatory Pseudotumor
INFECTIOUS AND NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS: SARCOIDOSIS AND INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that may have more than one type of head and neck…
Acute and Subacute Mandibular and Dental Infections and Noninfectious Inflammatory Conditions
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE MANDIBULAR AND DENTAL INFECTIONS AND NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, JAMES C. PETTIGREW, AND MADHU K. NAIR KEY POINTS Imaging beyond plain films should be used…
Larynx: Introduction, Normal Anatomy, and Function
LARYNX: INTRODUCTION, NORMAL ANATOMY, AND FUNCTION ROBERT HERMANS AND ANTHONY A. MANCUSO IMAGING APPROACH Techniques and Relevant Aspects Computed Tomography A discussion of the use of computed tomography with regard…
Benign Lymphoid and Other Reactive and Proliferative Processes Including PTLD
BENIGN LYMPHOID AND OTHER REACTIVE AND PROLIFERATIVE PROCESSES INCLUDING POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Proliferation of lymphoid tissue is most often a self-limited reactive event that occurs…
Imaging Guided Biopsy
IMAGING GUIDED BIOPSY ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Imaging-guided biopsies can markedly influence medical decision making and can obviate much more complicated and potentially morbid open surgical methods. Proper planning…
Benign and Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors: Muscle and Other Cell Line Origins
BENIGN AND MALIGNANT MESENCHYMAL TUMORS: MUSCLE AND OTHER CELL LINE ORIGINS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Benign and malignant tumors of muscle and other mesenchymal origin usually do not distinguish…
