title: Three-dimensional CT angiography imaging of vascular tumors of the head and neck.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the utility of three-dimensional (3D) computerized tomography angiography (CTA) in head and neck vascular anomalies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  A consecutive series of cases of patients with distinct types of vascular anomalies (i.e. hemangioma, arteriovenous malformation, venous malformation and lymphatic malformation) were obtained through CT multislice scanner and analyzed with Vitrea 2 software (Vital Images Inc., Plymouth, MN).
  
  
  RESULTS
  CTA was safe and successful in describing 3D vascular anatomy of a variety of vascular lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Three-dimensional CTA allows detailed description of vascular lesions of the head and neck and offers another effective means of imaging these complex lesions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, 4800 Sand Point Way N.E./G-0035, Seattle, WA 98105-0371, USA. jonathan.perkins@seattlechildrens.org
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Manrita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ghioni
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sze
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology