Diagnostic Imaging of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses

In the past two decades the radiological investigation and imaging of paranasal sinus disease has been revolutionised by the introduction of two new techniques: magnetic resonance and computerised tomography. These have made the diagnosis and localisation of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease a far more exact process and they have completely replaced con ventional pluridirectional tomography as a means of augmenting the initial plain radiographic examination of the paranasal sinuses. The recent introduction into clinical practice of the paramagnetic contrast agent gadolinium DTPA has extended further the range of magnetic resonance in the demonstration of naso-sinus disease. The account which follows is an attempt to summarise present knowledge in this division of otorhinolaryngology imaging. The format of the chapters has been arranged in two halves: the initial nine chapters are concerned with investigative techniques and non-neoplastic disease. while the second half of the book is entirely devoted to benign and malignant tumours. The latter chapters are arranged according to the nomenclature proposed by my two ex-colleagues. Professor I. Friedmann and the late Dr D. A. Osborn. in their book The Pathology of Granulomas and Neoplasms of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses (Churchill Livingstone. 1982).

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1 Basic Radiographic Technique and Normal Anatomy.- Basic Radiographic Technique.- Normal Anatomy.- 2 Special Procedures.- Conventional Tomography.- Computerised Tomography.- Magnetic Resonance Tomography.- 3 Congenital Disease.- Choanal Atresia.- Congenital Nasal Masses.- Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy (Parry-Romberg Disease).- 4 Trauma.- Fractures of the Nasal Bones.- Fractures of the Maxillary Antrum.- Malar Fractures.- LeFort Injuries.- Radiological Investigation.- 5 Inflammatory and Allergic Sinus Disease.- Acute Sinusitis.- Chronic Sinusitis.- Allergic Sinusitis.- Nasal Polyposis.- 6 Cysts and Mucocoeles.- Cysts of the Paranasal Sinuses.- Mucocoeles.- Pneumosinus Dilatans.- 7 Granulomata of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses.- Mid-facial Granuloma Syndrome.- Sarcoidosis of the Nose and Sinuses.- Tuberculosis.- Syphilis.- Leprosy.- Cholesterol Granuloma.- 8 Mycotic Disease.- Phycomycosis.- Aspergillosis.- 9 Giant Cell Lesions of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses.- Radiological Features.- Magnetic Resonance and CT.- 10 Epithelial Tumours.- Inverted Papilloma.- Malignant Epithelial Tumours.- 11 Tumours of Vascular Origin.- Juvenile Angiofibroma.- Haemangiopericytoma.- Angiosarcoma (Haemangio-endothelioma).- Cavernous Haemangioma.- Venous Malformations.- Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia (Kimura's Disease).- 12 Lymphoreticular Tumours.- Lymphoma.- Plasmacytoma.- 13 Tumours of Neurogenic Origin.- Peripheral Nerve Tumours.- Olfactory Neuroblastoma.- Meningioma.- 14 Tumours of Muscle Origin.- Skeletal Muscle Tumours.- Smooth Muscle Tumours.- Radiology and Imaging.- 15 Fibro-osseous Disease.- Fibrous Dysplasia.- Ossifying Fibroma.- Radiology and Imaging.- 16 Fibrous Tissue Tumours.- Fibromatosis.- Fibrosarcoma.- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma.- Radiology and Imagingof Fibrosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma.- 17 Cartilaginous Tumours.- Radiology and Imaging.- 18 Osteogenic Tumours.- Osteoma.- Benign Osteoblastoma.- Osteosarcoma.- Ewing's Sarcoma.