… Drafting of the manuscript: Robbins, Califano, Som, and Day. Critical revision of the
manuscript for important intellectual content: Shaha, Medina, Califano, Wolf, and Ferlito. …

The ordinary lipoma is the most common neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. Only 13% of them
arise in the head and neck region and most of these occur subcutaneously in the posterior …

Radiologists are frequently asked to evaluate cervical lymph nodes with CT or MR imaging
to determine if metastases are present, how extensive the metastases are, and if they have …

Head and Neck Imaging, by Drs. Peter M. Som and Hugh D. Curtin, delivers the encyclopedic
and authoritative guidance you’ve come to expect from this book–the expert guidance you …

Over the past 18 years, numerous classifications have been proposed to distinguish among
the diverse nodal levels. Some classifications have used surgical landmarks, others physical …

OBJECTIVE. This study was undertaken to create an imaging-based classification for the
lymph nodes of the neck that will be readily accepted by clinicians, result in consistent nodal …

Surgical and CT examinations of 104 patients, each of whom presented with a parapharyngeal
space mass, has resulted in the development of an updated CT protocol designed to …

Computed tomographic (CT) scans and magnetic resonance (MR) images in 103 patients
with either a deep-lobe parotid tumor extending into the parapharyngeal space, a minor …

This report demonstrates that preoperatively the radiologist can provide the surgeon with
the size, extent, origin and probable histology of a parapharyngeal space tumor. Using this …

PURPOSE: To determine the safety and efficacy of ferumoxtran 10–enhanced magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging for diagnosis of metastases to lymph nodes and the clinical usefulness …