The jugular foramen is a complex bony canal containing neurovascular structures deep in the skull base. It is inaccessible to direct clinical examination and difficult to access surgically because of the surrounding critical structures. Radiology plays a central role in…
Introduction The endoscopic endonasal approach has become the preferred surgical approach to many tumors of the ventral skull base, both benign and malignant. Although advances in surgical equipment and technique have played a role in the development, imaging remains one…
The sphenoid bone is located at the central skull base and is commonly considered the most complex bone in the human body. Although the sphenoid bone is often neglected in relation to the adjacent temporal bone, it forms the major…
One of the earliest computed tomography (CT) evaluations of the paranasal sinuses was published by Hesselink et al. in 1978 as a two-part series: describing both normal and pathologic anatomy. Early CT studies were performed only in the axial and coronal…