Posterior Compartment: Prevertebral and Paravertebral Space Inflammatory Conditions ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography provide the critical and usually definitive data needed in the diagnosis…
PRESTYLOID PARAPHARYNGEAL SPACE MASSES ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS All masses presenting submucosally around the pharynx or presenting in the deep face should be imaged before they are biopsied. Imaging…
TUMORS OF THE SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND AND SPACE AND TUMORLIKE CONDITIONS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, WILLIAM M. MENDENHALL, AND MIKHAIL VAYSBERG KEY POINTS Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can help to…
OROPHARYNX: INTRODUCTION ANTHONY A. MANCUSO AND ROBERT HERMANS IMAGING APPROACH Techniques and Relevant Aspects General Examination Technique Patients should be positioned with the neck extended so that the mandibular body…
SUPRAHYOID NECK AND RELATED SPACES: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES Anthony A. Mancuso KEY POINTS This chapter presents the organizational framework for production and interpretation of images of the suprahyroid neck….
CERVICOTHORACIC JUNCTION AND BRACHIAL PLEXUS: DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO KEY POINTS The origin of a cervicothoracic junction condition is often not well understood from the physical examination and may…
VASCULAR VARIATIONS, ANOMALIES, AND CONDITIONS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE BERIT M. VERBIST, ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, AND PATRICK J. ANTONELLI KEY POINTS Vascular variants frequently are not associated with symptoms. Computed…
PETROUS APEX CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA/CHOLESTEROLOSIS, MUCOCELE, AND EPIDERMOID CYST BERIT M. VERBIST, ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, AND PATRICK J. ANTONELLI KEY POINTS Magnetic resonance imaging can make the definitive diagnosis of cholesterolosis…
PETROUS APEX MALIGNANT TUMORS BERIT M. VERBIST, ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, AND PATRICK J. ANTONELLI KEY POINTS Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography can very often suggest the proper diagnosis of…
CHRONIC SINUSITIS AND NASAL POLYPOSIS ANTHONY A. MANCUSO, WILLIAM O. COLLINS, AND CAROL J. LANGDOC KEY POINTS Imaging should be used only in an appropriately triaged group of patients who…
