title: [Place and value of tomodensitometry examination of malignant skin tumors of the face].
abstract: Computerized tomography of the face offers a new technique for the evaluation of malignant tumors. It serves to ascertain exactly the extension of the malignant process and to establish the indication for surgery in the best possible conditions. A brief clinical description of the most frequent tumors of the face is given and the indications for this examination are discussed. The technical aspect of CT is also presented. In the light of four cases selected among patients who had been treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the face, the authors demonstrate the value of the examination. They believe that computed tomography is fully indicated in recurrent tumors of the face and in complex localisation such as the medial angle of the eye, the external auditory canal, the alar base of the nose or the orbits.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Place et valeur de l'examen tomodensitométrique des tumeurs cutanées malignes de la face.