Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck and Neuroimaging

Variants and Other Difficult Diagnoses

Nafi Aygun, Gaurang Shah, Dheeraj Gandhi

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Topic: Medicine
• eBook ISBN:
  9781107454057
• Subtopic: Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine

Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck and Neuroimaging illustrates and describes the imaging entities that can cause confusion and mismanagement in daily radiological practice. Frequent interpretation errors are covered in 105 cases that provide real-life clinical scenarios for focused and practical learning. The chosen cases represent a modern neuroradiology practice and cover the brain, spine and head and neck regions, including the full panoply of imaging modalities. The underlying reasons for common mistakes are analyzed and radiologic findings that help with the correct diagnosis are emphasized. A differential diagnosis is provided for each case with examples of alternative diagnoses, allowing readers to visually grasp the differentiating features. Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck and Neuroimaging provides a valuable resource for general and sub-specialist radiologists needing to improve their diagnostic proficiency in adult and pediatric patients. This book also serves as a preparation resource for recertification exams in radiology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Imprints
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Case 1 Dense basilar artery sign
• Case 2 Global anoxic brain injury
• Case 3 Acute infarction
• Case 4 Vertebral artery dissection
• Case 5 Subacute infarct
• Case 6 Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Case 7 Intracranial aneurysms
• Case 8 Giant aneurysms
• Case 9 Acute intracerebral hematoma
• Case 10 Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Case 11 Primary CNS vasculitis
• Case 12 Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
• Case 13 Moyamoya disease/syndrome
• Case 14 Cortical venous thrombosis
• Case 15 Developmental venous anomalies
• Case 16 Dural arteriovenous fistula
• Case 17 Cavernous malformation
• Case 18 Tumefactive demyelinating lesion
• Case 19 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
• Case 20 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
• Case 21 Osmotic myelinolysis
• Case 22 Neurosarcoidosis
• Case 23 Posterior fossa masses in children
• Case 24 Low-grade glioma
• Case 25 Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
• Case 26 Pseudoprogression of GBM
• Case 27 Pseudoresponse in treatment of GBM
• Case 28 Low-grade oligodendroglioma
• Case 29 Primary CNS lymphoma
• Case 30 Pineal region tumors
• Case 31 Intraventricular masses
• Case 32 Colloid cyst
• Case 33 Primary intraosseous meningioma
• Case 34 Suprasellar meningioma
• Case 35 Pituitary macroadenoma
• Case 36 Brain abscess
• Case 37 Neurocysticercosis
• Case 38 Tuberculosis
• Case 39 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Case 40 Herpes encephalitis
• Case 41 Wernicke's encephalopathy
• Case 42 Hypertrophic olivary degeneration
• Case 43 Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Case 44 Mild traumatic brain injury
• Case 45 Isodense subdural hematoma
• Case 46 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
• Case 47 Late-onset adult hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis
• Case 48 Intracranial hypotension
• Case 49 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• Case 50 Rathke's cleft cyst
• Case 51 FLAIR sulcal hyperintensity secondary to general anesthesia
• Case 52 Virchow-Robin spaces
• Case 53 Arachnoid granulations
• Case 54 Benign external hydrocephalus
• Case 55 Pitfalls in CTA
• Case 56 Asymmetric pneumatization of the anterior clinoid process
• Case 57 Fibrous dysplasia of skull base
• Case 58 Sphenoid bone pseudolesion
• Case 59 Clival lesions
• Case 60 Perineural spread
• Case 61 Cochlear dysplasia
• Case 62 Labyrinthitis ossificans
• Case 63 Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
• Case 64 Fluid entrapment in the petrous apex cells
• Case 65 Acquired cholesteatoma
• Case 66 Malignant otitis externa
• Case 67 Temporal bone fractures
• Case 68 Allergic fungal sinusitis
• Case 69 Invasive fungal sinusitis
• Case 70 Spontaneous CSF leaks and sphenoid cephaloceles
• Case 71 Juvenile nasal angiofibroma
• Case 72 Idiopathic orbital pseudotumor
• Case 73 Optic neuritis
• Case 74 Intraparotid lymph nodes
• Case 75 Benign mixed tumor
• Case 76 First branchial cleft cyst
• Case 77 Nasopharyngeal cysts
• Case 78 Cystic nodal metastasis
• Case 79 Low-flow vascular malformations
• Case 80 Parapharyngeal masses
• Case 81 Third branchial apparatus anomaly
• Case 82 Parathyroid adenoma
• Case 83 String sign
• Case 84 Carotid artery dissection
• Case 85 Traumatic arterial injury
• Case 86 Craniovertebral junction injuries
• Case 87 Odontoid fractures
• Case 88 Vertebral compression fractures
• Case 89 Sacral insufficiency fracture
• Case 90 Paget's disease of the spine
• Case 91 Renal osteodystrophy
• Case 92 Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli
• Case 93 T2 hyperintense disc herniation
• Case 94 Disc herniation and cord compression
• Case 95 Postoperative disc herniation versus postsurgical scarring
• Case 96 Degenerative endplate alterations
• Case 97 Spinal dysraphism
• Case 98 Tethered spinal cord
• Case 99 Chiari I malformation
• Case 100 Spinal vascular malformations
• Case 101 Cord compression
• Case 102 Demyelinating/inflammatory spinal cord lesion
• Case 103 Subacute combined degeneration
• Case 104 Intradural cyst
• Case 105 Spinal CSF leaks
• Case 106 Leptomeningeal drop metastases
• Index