title: The neck.
abstract: This article describes the clinical and imaging roles of MR with respect to the following: neck masses of known or uncertain etiology; staging of cervical metastatic disease; thyroid and parathyroid; and evaluation of the thoracic inlet. Pertinent normal anatomy is highlighted when appropriate.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D001935:Branchioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis