Cavernous sinus lesions.
Carotid-cavernous fistula
Cavernous sinus
Head and neck
Meningioma
Neuroradiology
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Journal
Clinical imaging
ISSN: 1873-4499
Titre abrégé: Clin Imaging
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8911831
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
22
04
2020
revised:
13
06
2020
accepted:
15
06
2020
pubmed:
24
6
2020
medline:
25
11
2020
entrez:
24
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The cavernous sinus is a complex structure susceptible to a wide variety of vascular, neoplastic and inflammatory pathologies. Vascular pathologies include ICA aneurysms, carotid-cavernous fistulas, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and cavernous hemangioma. Neoplasms that involve the cavernous sinus include pituitary adenoma, meningioma, schwannoma, lymphoma, perineural tumor spread, metastases, and direct tumor invasion. Infectious and inflammatory diseases include Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, sarcoidosis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, IgG-4 related disease and invasive fungal infections. In this article, we review the clinical and imaging findings of a number of pathologies involving the cavernous sinus, focusing on key features that can narrow the differential diagnosis and, in some cases, support a particular diagnosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32574933
pii: S0899-7071(20)30235-7
doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.06.029
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
71-89Informations de copyright
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