The nasal arteries.
Thorough knowledge of the normal gross and radiographic anatomy of the nasal fossa is a prerequisite for correct interpretation of external carotid angiograms in patients with lesions in or adjacent to the nasal cavity. This report describes in detail the normal gross and angiographic vascular anatomy of the nasal fossa. The appearance of the sphenopalatine artery and nasal branches of the ethmoidal arteries in a variety of lesions that affect the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, and adjacent structures is also discussed. Typical changes in acute rhinitis, sinusitis, sphenopalatine neuralgia, vascular malformations, neoplasms, and benign bulky nasal masses are illustrated.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000098:blood supply*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging