Full Description
This book is a complete guide to skull base imaging covering all current techniques including CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Angiography, CT Cisternography and Plain Film Radiography.Divided into eight sections, each part covers imaging techniques for a different region of the skull base, including cerebellopontine, anterior, posterior and middle cranial fossa, the pituitary region, craniovertebral junction and more. The final chapters discuss inflammatory disorders and sarcomas.The book includes the very latest techniques including diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and FLAIR. Each chapter features key points, clues, incidence and location, as well as detail on presentation, epidemiology, pathology, staging, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.Authored by recognised experts from Washington and Michigan, this comprehensive guide is enhanced by radiological images and illustrations.Key PointsComplete guide to skull base imagingCovers all regions of the skull baseIncludes latest techniques including DWI and FLAIRUS-based, expert author team
Contents
Section IRCC, Rathke's Cleft Cyst Pituitary Adenoma Craniopharyngioma EN, Ectopic Neurohypohysis HH,Hypothalamic Hamartoma Neurohypophyseal Sarcoidosis Arachnoid Cyst Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Section II: Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid CPA Meningioma Vestibular Schwannomas Arachnoid Cyst Section III: Anterior Cranial Fossa Anterior Fossa Meningioma IP, Inverted Papilloma JNA, Juvenile Nasal Angiofibroma NEC, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma NFE, Nasofrontal Encephalocele SNM, Sinonasal Melanoma Nasal Dermoid Nasal Glioma Paranasal Sinus Mucocele Osteoma SNUC Skull Base Fx/CSF Leaks Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Paranasal Sinus Cancer Section IV: Middle Cranial Fossa Jugular Foramen Paraganglioma Clivus Chordoma LM, Lymphatic Malformations AFS, Allergic Fungal Sinusitis MCF 5, Basal Encephalocele Cavernous Sinus Aneurysm Gradenigo's Syndrome Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis Cavernous Sinus Lymphoma Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Cholesteatoma Giant Aneurysm Giant Cell Tumor Giant Osteoma Plasmacytoma/ Myeloma Metastatic Prostate Choclear Implants Petrous Apex Granuloma Gradenigo's Syndrome Section V: Craniovertebral Junction AOJ Dislocation Chiari Malformation CVJ Lymphoma Congenital Abnormalities (other) Paget Disease Section VI: Posterior Cranial Fossa PFAC Posterior Fossa Arachnoid Cyst Meningioma Hemangioblastoma/Hemangiopericytoma Metastasis Plasmacytoma medulloblastoma Section VII: Inflammatory Skull Base Osteomyelitis Neurosyphilis Sarcoidosis Danger Space Abscess Wegeners Cistercercosis Section VIII: Sarcomas Chondrosarcoma Ewings Sarcoma Osteosarcoma Fibrosarcoma Undifferentiated Sarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Synovial Sarcoma Angiosarcoma
