title: [Current technique for the imaging of the face].
abstract: In this report, the authors evaluate the indications of the different imaging techniques of the face and the adjacent deep and superficial regions. Thus, CT stays the first examination of the paranasal sinuses completed by MRI especially when an inflammatory pathology is associated with a benign or malignant tumor. Traumatisms of the face must be investigated by CT with an emphasis on the frontal and sagittal reformated sections. The study of the superficial areas of the face (parotid gland) is best explored by US and MRI. MRI gives better results than CT in the exploration of the deep regions of the face. Arteriography remains obligatory in the study of certain tumours specially the nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, Hôpital Central, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourjat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Veillon
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'imagerie actuelle du massif facial.