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HEAD and NECK
IMAGING
FIFTH EDITION
HEAD and NECK
IMAGING
Volume 1
Peter M. Som, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology, Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery,
and Radiation Oncology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Chief of Head and Neck Imaging Section
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York
Hugh D. Curtin, MD
Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Chief of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts
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Contributors
James J. Abrahams, MD Susan I. Blaser, MD
Professor of Diagnostic (Neuroradiology) and Surgery Staff Radiologist
(Otolaryngology) Division of Neuroradiology
Fellowship Program Director, Neuroradiology The Hospital for Sick Children
Director of Medical Studies Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Medical Imaging
Yale University School of Medicine University of Toronto
New Haven, Connecticut Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bruce S. Bauer, MD, FACS, FAAP Margaret S. Brandwein-Gensler, MD
Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery Professor of Pathology and Surgery
North Shore University Health System Section Head, Surgical Pathology
Highland Park Hospital Department of Pathology
Highland Park, Illinois University of Alabama at Birmingham
Attending Physician
Kristen L. Baugnon, MD Department of Pathology and Surgery
Assistant Professor University of Alabama Hospitals
Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology Birmingham, Alabama
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia Ryan J. Burri, MD
Instructor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Andrew D. Bergemann, MD Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Assistant Professor Instructor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Department of Science Education Columbia University Medical Center
Hofstra University North Shore—LIJ School of Medicine New York Presbyterian Hospital
Hempstead, New York New York, New York
R. Thomas Bergeron, MD Jan W. Casselman, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology Academic Consultant
New York University Langone Medical Center Department of Radiology
Tish Hospital University Hospital—Gent
Attending Radiologist Gent, Belgium;
Department of Radiology Chairman
Bellevue Hospital Department of Radiology—Medical Imaging
New York, New York AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende AV
Brugge, Belgium;
Jorge Bianchi, DMD, MMSc Consultant Radiologist
Invited Professor Department of Radiology
Department of Oral Rehabilitation AZ St. Augustinus
Universidad Mayor Wilrijk Antwerpen, Belgium
Radiologist, Department of Radiology
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist J. A. Castelijns, MD, PhD
Department of Dental Medicine Department of Radiology
Clinica Santa Maria VU University Medical Center
Radiologist, Department of Radiology Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Radix Radiologia Odontomaxilofacial
Santiago, Chile
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vi Contributors
Mary Elizabeth Cunnane, MD Matthew Gardiner, MD
Instructor, Department of Radiology Instructor
Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology
Staff Radiologist Harvard Medical School
Department of Radiology Director, Emergency Ophthalmology Services
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
Hugh D. Curtin, MD Eric M. Genden, MD
Professor of Radiology Professor and Chairman
Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Chief of Radiology The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Department of Radiology New York, New York
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts Matthew David Gilman, MD
Instructor, Department of Radiology
John M. DelGaudio, MD Harvard University
Professor, Chief of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery Associate Director
Emory University Division of Thoracic Imaging
Atlanta, Georgia Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bradley N. Delman, MD Boston, Massachusetts
Associate Professor of Radiology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University Lawrence E. Ginsberg, MD
New York, New York Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Damian E. Dupuy, MD, FACR The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor of Diagnostic Imaging Adjunct Clinical Professor of Radiology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Baylor College of Medicine
Director of Tumor Ablation Houston, Texas
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island Tessa A. Goldsmith, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
Associate Director
Girish M. Fatterpekar, MD Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders
Assistant Professor of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital
James J. Peters Veterans Administration Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York Rajiv Gupta, MD, PhD
Instructor, Department of Radiology
Reza Forghani, MD, PhD, FRCPC Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor Assistant Radiologist
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Director, Ultra High Resolution Volume CT
McGill University Department of Radiology
Attending Radiologist Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital Site Miner
Sir Mortimer B. Davis—Jewish General Hospital Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Elliott R. Friedman, MD
Assistant Professor Mari Hagiwara, MD
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston New York University School of Medicine
Houston, Texas Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Neuroradiology Fellow New York University Langone Medical Center
Department of Radiology Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Emory University Bellevue Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia New York, New York
Contributors vii
Anton N. Hasso, MD Melissa D. Kang, MD
Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences Assistant Professor
Director, Neuroimaging Research and Development Department of Neuroradiology
College of Medicine Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Professor of Radiological Science Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
University of California at Irvine Johnny Kao, MD
Orange, California Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
The William Harris Research Fellow
Michael W. Hayt, MD The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Medical Director and Director of Neuroradiology New York, New York
Central Florida Center for Diagnostic Imaging
Winter Park, Florida Edward E. Kassel, MD, DDS, FRCPC, FACR
Associate Professor
Allison S. Holman, MS, CCC-SLP Departments of Medical Imaging, Otolaryngology, and
Speech Language Pathologist Ophthalmology
Department of Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders University of Toronto
Massachusetts General Hospital Head, Division of Head and Neck Radiology
Boston, Massachusetts Joint Department of Medical Imaging
Mount Sinai Medical Center University Health Network
Patricia A. Hudgins, MD Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professor of Radiology/Otolaryngology
Department of Radiology Lale Kostakoglu, MD
Emory University School of Medicine Professor of Radiology
Director of Head and Neck Radiology The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Department of Radiology Director of PET/CT Oncology and Research
Emory University Hospital Mount Sinai Medical Center
Atlanta, Georgia New York, New York
Jason D. Iannuccilli, MD Ilhami Kovanlikaya, MD
Department of Radiology Professor of Radiology
Alpert Medical School of Brown University Associate Research Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology Department of Radiology
Rhode Island Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Providence, Rhode Island New York, New York
Amy F. Tsang Juliano, MD Saulo Lacerda, MD
Instructor, Department of Radiology Department of Radiology
Harvard Medical School Image Memorial—Dasa
Staff Radiologist Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Jeffrey T. Laitman, PhD
Staff Radiologist Professor and Director of Anatomy and Functional Morphology
Department of Neuroradiology Director of Gross Anatomy
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Otolaryngology
Boston, Massachusetts The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Professor of Anthropology
Takashi Kaneda, DDS, PhD City University of New York
Chief and Professor Research Associate in Anthropology
Department of Radiology American Museum of Natural History
Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo New York, New York
Chief and Professor
Department of Radiology J. S. Lameris, PhD, MD
Nihon University Hospital at Matsudo Professor, Department of Radiology
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan University of Amsterdam
Professor, Department of Radiology
Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
viii Contributors
Meng Law, MD, MBBS, FRACR David G. McLone, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery Professor of Neurosurgery
Director of Neuroradiology The Childrens Memorial Hospital and Feinberg School
Keck School of Medicine of Medicine
University of Southern California Northwestern University
Los Angeles, California Chicago, Illinois
William Lawson, MD, DDS Gul Moonis, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Staff Neuroradiologist
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University Department of Radiology
New York, New York Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant in Radiology
Ruby J. Lien, MD Department of Radiology
Resident, Department of Radiology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Hospital Center Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York Suresh K. Mukherji, MD, FACR
Professor and Chief of Neuroradiology and Head and Neck
William W. M. Lo, MD Radiology
St. Vincent Medical Center Professor of Radiology, Otolaryngology—Head and Neck
Clinical Professor of Radiology Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Periodontics, and Oral
University of Southern California Medicine
Los Angeles, California Department of Radiology
University of Michigan Health System
Laurie A. Loevner, MD Ann Arbor, Michigan
Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Hospital Thomas P. Naidich, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Director of Neuroradiology
Vice Chair of Radiology for Academic Affairs/Research
Neel Madan, MD Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Radiology Irving and Dorothy Regenstreif Research Professor of
Tufts University School of Medicine Neuroscience (Neuroimaging)
Assistant Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology
Tufts Medical Center The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Boston, Massachusetts New York, New York
Mahmood F. Mafee, FACR Shyamala C. Navada, MD
Clinical Professor Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Radiology Division of Hematology/Oncology Tisch Cancer Institute
University of California, San Diego The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Clinical Professor New York, New York
Department of Radiology
University of California, San Diego Medical Center Danny Nunn, MS, CCC-SLP
San Diego, California Speech Pathologist
Department of Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders
M. Marcel Maya, MD Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuroradiologist Boston, Massachusetts
Department of Imaging
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Tomohiro Okano, DDS, PhD
Los Angeles, California Professor and Chairman
Department of Radiology
Showa University School of Dentistry
Tokyo, Japan
Contributors ix
Mika Otonari-Yamamoto, DDS, PhD Tsukasa Sano, MD
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Professor and Chairman
Tokyo Dental College Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Chiba, Japan Tokyo Dental College
Chiba, Japan
Stuart Packer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology, and Medical J. Pierre Sasson, MD
Oncology Clinical Instructor
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University Department of Radiology
New York, New York Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts;
Colin S. Poon, MD, PhD, FRCPC Vice Chair, Radiology, Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology
Director of Head and Neck Imaging Mount Auburn Hospital
Director of Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Cambridge, Massachusetts
Department of Radiology
University of Chicago Charles J. Schatz, MD
Chicago, Illinois Director of Head and Neck Imaging
Beverly Tower Wilshire Advanced Imaging
Joy S. Reidenberg, PhD Beverly Hills, California;
Professor of Anatomy Clinical Professor of Radiology and Otolaryngology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University University of Southern California School of Medicine
New York, New York Los Angeles, California
Caroline D. Robson, MB, ChB Steven J. Scrivani, DDS, DMed. Sc
Associate Radiologist in Chief Professor
Vice Chair Division Chief, Neuroradiology The Craniofacial Pain and Headache Center
Staff Neuroradiologist Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Director, MR and Head and Neck Imaging Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
Department of Radiology Tufts University School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School Research Associate
Boston, Massachusetts The Pain and Analgesia Imaging and Neuroscience
(P.A.I.N.) Group
Laura V. Romo, MD McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School
Radiologist, Department of Radiology Ali R. Sepahadari, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Assistant Professor
Radiologist, Department of Radiology Department of Health Sciences
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor
Boston, Massachusetts Department of Radiological Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Lorne Rosenbloom, MDCM, FRCPC Los Angeles, California
Assistant Professor
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Wendy R. K. Smoker, MS, MD, FACR
McGill University Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology Director or Neuroradiology
Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital Director of Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Co-Director, MRI
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD Iowa City, Iowa
Professor of Radiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Chief of Neuroradiology
Department of Radiology
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
