Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Pathology, Diagnostic procedure, CT, Head and neck
Authors:
S. Carbullanca Toledo1, S. Medrano1, J. CAPELLADES-FONT2, S. GONZALEZ-ORTIZ1, I. Espallargas Giménez1; 1Barcelona/ES, 2Badalona/ES
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1621
Background
Air lesions of the neck conform a wide range of diseases including trauma,
gas-forming infections,
local tissue necrosis,
herniation (laryngeal or esophagic) and congenital.
The clinical manifestations and severity are very diverse and for that reason is very important to make an early diagnostic differentiation between benign sources of air and life-threatening pathology.
CT plays a key role because is highly sensitive and specific in the detection of abnormal air and capable to accurately identify benign conditions.
In this poster we review air lesions in the neck.
Awareness of its radiologic features,
clinical settings and predisposing conditions will help establishing a prompt diagnosis and successful management.