Emergency head and neck imaging: Infections and inflammatory processes

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-661

  McKellop, Jason A ^a,b   Bou Assaly, Wessam ^a,c   Mukherji, Suresh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Deep neck infection; Emergency; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neck mass

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEZOLD ABSCESS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEAD AND NECK INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LUDWIG ANGINA; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NECK TUMOR; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; TENDINITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCIES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NECK;

EID: 77958188740     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2010.07.007     Document Type: Review

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