Diagnosis of skull base osteomyelitis

F Álvarez Jáñez, LQ Barriga, TR Iñigo… - Radiographics, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is an infection of the temporal, sphenoid, or occipital bone
that can be a challenge to diagnose because of its nonspecific symptoms, long clinical …

Atypical skull-base osteomyelitis: comprehensive review and multidisciplinary management viewpoints

J Urbančič, D Vozel, S Battelino, R Bošnjak… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atypical skull-base osteomyelitis is a rare but fatal disease that usually involves infection of
the ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital, or temporal bones that form the skull base. Unlike typical …

Dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI parameters and normalized ADC values could aid differentiation of skull base osteomyelitis from nasopharyngeal cancer

A Baba, R Kurokawa, M Kurokawa… - American Journal …, 2023 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The skull base osteomyelitis sometimes can be difficult to
distinguish from nasopharyngeal cancer. This study aimed to investigate the differences …

Skull base osteomyelitis: factors implicating clinical outcome

J Sokołowski, M Lachowska, E Karchier… - Acta Neurologica …, 2019 - Springer
Skull base osteomyelitis is a serious disease with a high risk of complications including
neuroinfection. Typically, the inflammation of the skull base results from infection from …

A rare case of calvarial tuberculosis from the Avar Age (8th century CE) cemetery of Kaba–Bitózug (Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary)–Pathogenesis and differential …

O Spekker, OA Váradi, A Szekeres, HY Jäger, A Zink… - Tuberculosis, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of our paper is to present and discuss in detail the bony changes indicative of
tuberculosis (TB) that were identified in a skeleton (KB67), unearthed from grave 67 of the …

PET-computed tomography in bone and joint infections

S Loharkar, S Basu - PET clinics, 2023 - pet.theclinics.com
Bone and joint infections form a major part of musculoskeletal ailments, and the spectrum of
imaging techniques ranges from X-ray, computed tomography (CT) scan, and conventional …

A practical overview of CT and MRI features of developmental, inflammatory, and neoplastic lesions of the sphenoid body and clivus

C Nardi, D Maraghelli, M Pietragalla, E Scola… - Neuroradiology, 2022 - Springer
The sphenoid bone is an unpaired bone that contributes to the formation of the skull base.
Despite the enormous progress in transnasal endoscopic visualisation, imaging techniques …

Skull base osteomyelitis: Comprehensive analysis and a new clinicoradiological classification system

F Özer, AE Pamuk, G Atay, Ş Parlak, T Yücel - Auris Nasus Larynx, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Skull baseosteomyelitis (SBO) is a rare phenomenon that typically occurs in
diabetic or immunocompromised patients, causing significant morbidity and mortality. This …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of reliability of inflammatory markers over 18-FDG− PET CT scan in monitoring skull base osteomyelitis

B Faizal, B Surendran, M Kumar - Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The end point of treatment in skull base osteomyelitis is a matter of debate. A
treatment based on symptoms alone is fraught with recurrence. There is a need to restrict …

Imaging of pediatric skull lytic lesions: A review

M Santos, B Cunha, V Abreu, S Ferraciolli… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Skull lesions in pediatric population are common findings on imaging and sometimes with
heterogeneous manifestations, constituting a diagnostic challenge. Some lesions can be …