Use today’s latest technology and methods to optimize imaging of complex skull base anatomy. This practical reference offers expert guidance on accurate preoperative lesion localization and the evaluation of its relationship with adjacent neurovascular structures.

• Features a wealth of information for radiologists and surgeons on current CT and MR imaging as they relate to skull base anatomy.
• Covers localizing skull base lesions, reaching the appropriate differential diagnosis, and deciding which surgical approach is best.
• Consolidates today’s available information and guidance in this challenging area into one convenient resource.

Contents

۱. Anterior Skull Base
۲. Imaging of the Paranasal Sinuses and Their Surgical Relevance
۳. The Sphenoid Bone
۴. Imaging in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
۵. Temporal Bone Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases
۶. Temporal Bone Tumors
۷. Temporal Bone Trauma
۸. Update on Imaging of Hearing Loss
۹. Imaging of the Facial Nerve
۱۰. Imaging of the Postoperative Middle Ear, Mastoid, and Internal Auditory Canal
۱۱. Petrous Apex
۱۲. Imaging of the Cerebellopontine Angle
۱۳. Jugular Foramen
۱۴. Imaging of the Craniovertebral Junction
۱۵. Skull Base Bone LesionsI: Imaging Technique, Developmental and Diffuse Bone Lesions
۱۶. Skull Base Bone LesionsII: Benign and Malignant Tumors
۱۷. Neurointerventional Radiology for Skull Base Lesions