title: [Cranial nerves - spectrum of inflammatory and tumorous changes].
abstract: Inflammatory processes as well as primary and secondary tumorous changes may involve cranial nerves causing neurological deficits. In addition to neurologists, ENT physicians, ophthalmologists and maxillofacial surgeons, radiologists play an important role in the investigation of patients with cranial nerve symptoms. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow the depiction of the cranial nerve anatomy and pathological neural changes. This article briefly describes the imaging techniques in MDCT and MRI and is dedicated to the radiological presentation of inflammatory and tumorous cranial nerve pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Neuroradiologie und muskuloskelettale Radiologie, Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, Medizinische Universität Wien, A-1090 Wien, Osterreich. stefan.nemec@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Nemec
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kasprian
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nemec
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Czerny
mesh_terms: D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*