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…
10.1055/b-0034-75786 8 Suprahyoid Neck(Table 8.1 – Table 8.3) Table 8.1 Pharyngeal mucosal space lesions Disease CT Findings Comments Pseudomass Asymmetric lateral pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller) Unilaterally collapsed pharyngeal recess,…
10.1055/b-0034-75784 7 Nasal Cavity and Paranasal SinusesZaunbauer\, Wolfgang and Burgener\, Francis A. The triangular-shaped nasal cavity is divided in the midline by the nasal septum into two separate passages. Each…
10.1055/b-0034-75783 6 Orbit and Globe(Table 6.3 – Table 6.4) Table 6.3 Extraocular conal and intraconal lesions Disease CT Findings Comments Optic nerve–sheath complex lesions See Table 6.2 Inflammatory/infectious conditions…
10.1055/b-0034-75770 1 Brain and Extra-axial Lesions(Table 1.7 – Table 1.8) Table 1.7 Abnormalities and lesions of the basal ganglia Lesions CT Findings Comments Neoplasms Astrocytoma Fig. 1.129a–c Low-grade astrocytoma: Focal…
10.1055/b-0034-75791 9 Infrahyoid Neck(Table 9.5 – Table 9.8) Table 9.5 Posterior cervical space lesions Disease CT Findings Comments Pseudomass Levator claviculae muscle This muscle has its origin in the upper…
