title: Lesions of the skull base: imaging for diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: This article provides a summary of how to approach the imaging analysis of lesions of the anterior, central, and posterior skull base. The primary focus is tumors and tumor-mimickers, and representative examples are shown to differentiate the features of lesions that can occur in the same location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103, USA. achoudhri@uthsc.edu
authors.forename: Asim F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Choudhri
authors.forename: Hemant A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gandhi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018304:Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000473:pathology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed