An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review

Abstract Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images. As some of these complications are potentially fatal, awareness (and accurate rep...

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Main Authors:	Davide Farina, Davide Lombardi, Martina Bertuletti, Giovanni Palumbo, Ivan Zorza, Marco Ravanelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:	Insights into Imaging
Subjects:	Head and neck Anatomic variants CT MRI Surgery
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0794-7

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spelling	doaj-4443632b453f4685908312f6d187c9eb2020-12-06T12:27:42ZengSpringerOpenInsights into Imaging1869-41012019-12-0110111010.1186/s13244-019-0794-7An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial reviewDavide Farina0Davide Lombardi1Martina Bertuletti2Giovanni Palumbo3Ivan Zorza4Marco Ravanelli5Department of Radiology, University of BresciaDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of BresciaDepartment of Radiology, University of BresciaDepartment of Radiology, University of BresciaDepartment of Radiology, University of BresciaDepartment of Radiology, University of BresciaAbstract Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images. As some of these complications are potentially fatal, awareness (and accurate reporting) of such variants is a basic responsibility of radiologists, particularly when surgery in the pertinent anatomic area is under consideration.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0794-7Head and neckAnatomic variantsCTMRISurgery
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author	Davide Farina Davide Lombardi Martina Bertuletti Giovanni Palumbo Ivan Zorza Marco Ravanelli
spellingShingle	Davide Farina Davide Lombardi Martina Bertuletti Giovanni Palumbo Ivan Zorza Marco Ravanelli An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review Insights into Imaging Head and neck Anatomic variants CT MRI Surgery
author_facet	Davide Farina Davide Lombardi Martina Bertuletti Giovanni Palumbo Ivan Zorza Marco Ravanelli
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title	An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
title_short	An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
title_full	An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
title_fullStr	An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
title_full_unstemmed	An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
title_sort	additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
publisher	SpringerOpen
series	Insights into Imaging
issn	1869-4101
publishDate	2019-12-01
description	Abstract Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images. As some of these complications are potentially fatal, awareness (and accurate reporting) of such variants is a basic responsibility of radiologists, particularly when surgery in the pertinent anatomic area is under consideration.
topic	Head and neck Anatomic variants CT MRI Surgery
url	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0794-7
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An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review

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