Prediction of the position of the intraparotid portion of the facial nerve on MRI and CT

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 376-379

  Ragbir, M ^a   Mohammed, F ^a   Dunaway, D J ^b   Chippindale, A J ^c   Latimer, J ^c   McLean, N R ^d  

^a Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Facial nerve; MRI; Parotid gland; Parotid tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGASTRIC MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROMANDIBULAR VEIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN;

EID: 0036038732     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3873     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. The combined CT-sialogram
2. Pictorial review: MR imaging of parotid tumours
3. Computed tomography of the major salivary glands
4. Parotid masses: MR imaging
5. Parotid masses: MR imaging
6. The anatomy of the facial nerve in relation to CT/sialography of the parotid gland
7. Criteria for differentiating superficial from deep lobe tumours of the parotid gland by computed tomography
8. Computed tomography of the parotid gland during contrast sialography
9. Parotid CT sialography
10. Malignant parotid tumors: Clinical use of MR imaging and histologic correlation