title: CT of the base of the skull.
abstract: This article emphasizes the value of high-resolution CT scanning in evaluating the skull base. The use of axial and coronal sections, imaged at both bone and soft tissue windows, is emphasized, and a systematic approach to analysis of lesions of the skull base is offered.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002648:Child; D002817:Chordoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed