Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Transmastoid sigmoid sinus wall reconstruction (SSWR) is a surgical technique used for the treatment of pulsatile tinnitus arising from sigmoid sinus wall anomalies. In 13 patients, CT and MR imaging examinations were assessed for the
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment A group of 111 consecutive patients with untreated oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and available preoperative imaging and subsequent lymph node dissection was studied. Twenty nine subjects had radiographically determined extracapsular spread. Imaging sensitivity and
Pensak ML, Choo DI, eds. Clinical Otology. 4th ed. Thieme; 2014; 528 pp; 340 ill; $189.99 Close collaboration between the clinical services in the neurosciences and neuroradiology is important in all fields of our work. This is true in head/neck imaging,
Editor’s Choice Editor’s Comment Patients with baseline temporal bone CT scans acquired by using a z-axis ultra-high-resolution protocol and a follow-up scan by using the ultra-high-resolution–iterative reconstruction technique were identified. Images of left and right temporal bones were reconstructed in
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Two blinded neuroradiologists retrospectively graded 23 prespecified imaging abnormalities in the craniofacial region on CT examinations from 42 patients with pathology-proven acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis and 42 control patients. A 7-variable model (periantral fat, bone dehiscence,
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Two hundred patients with nodular goiter were treated with surgery, and an equal number were treated with radiofrequency ablation. Surgical resection and ablation were both effective, but ablation had fewer complications and fewer hospital days.
Persky MS, Waner M, Blei F, et al. Vascular Lesions of the Head and Neck: Diagnosis and Management. Thieme; 2015; 168 pp; 236 ill; $99.99 As neuroradiologists we often diagnose various types of vascular malformations with CT, MR and/or DSA. Rarely
There is significant variation among different institutions with regard to the imaging algorithm for primary hyperparathyroidism, and the role and technique of parathyroid 4D-CT. Please take 5 minutes to share your experience by completing this short survey. Thanks for your
Fellows’ Journal Club October 2014 (3 of 3) After retrospectively analyzing MR images of 47 patients with proven orbital lymphoproliferative disease, the authors propose that ill-defined lesion margins suggest lymphoma whereas the presence of accompanying sinusitis and intralesional flow voids
