Refresher Course: Head and Neck

RC 1908 - Skull base imaging

March 1, 12:30 - 13:30 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Timothy Beale, London / United Kingdom
15 min
Imaging in the diagnosis and management of the vestibular schwannoma
Daniel Scoffings, Cambridge / United Kingdom
  1. To identify the common and rare imaging findings in vestibular schwannoma and to confidently differentiate them from its most common mimics.
  2. To outline the current therapeutic strategies and to discuss the most important imaging features which impact management decisions.
  3. To describe the expected post-treatment appearances and indicate the features suggestive of tumour recurrence during follow-up.
15 min
Imaging of the sphenoid bone and petrous apex: lesions and pseudo lesions
Anne Renée Juliette Péporté, Frauenfeld / Switzerland
  1. To recognise the most common "don't touch" lesions, differentiate them from malignant lesions and describe their implications according to their complex anatomical connections.
  2. To narrow the differential diagnosis by defining the behaviour and origin of the lesion as well as other imaging characteristics.
  3. To apply a feasible algorithm for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of such lesions in clinical practice.
15 min
Imaging after expanded endonasal skull base surgery: expected and unexpected findings
Barton F. Branstetter IV, Wexford / United States
  1. To understand the different types of flap reconstructions used in endoscopic endonasal skull base reconstructions.
  2. To integrate a diagnostic approach for differentiating treatment change from residual disease on follow-up imaging.
  3. To differentiate the expected postsurgical imaging appearance from that of surgical complications.
10 min
Panel discussion: Tips and pitfalls in skull base imaging. What I wish someone had told me