title: Imaging findings of vascular lesions in the head and neck.
abstract: Vascular lesions of the head and neck include vascular neoplasms, vascular malformations, and hypervascular lesions, derived from nonvascular soft-tissue elements. We retrospectively evaluated magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography images of vascular lesions located in the head and neck. Twelve patients (seven males, five females) aged 1-68 years (mean age, 35.25 years) were included in this study. Most of the vascular lesions in our study were histologically diagnosed. The lesions were as follows: a hemangioma located in the parotid space (n=1); a hemangioendothelioma located in the parotid space (n=1); a hemangiopericytoma located in the larynx (n=1); a juvenile angiofibroma located in the nasopharynx (n=1); a glomus tumor located in the carotid bifurcation (n=1); venous malformations located in the parapharyngeal space, the pterygoid area, the orbital space, and the larynx (n=4); lymphatic malformations located in the parotid space and the supraclavicular area (n=2); and an arteriovenous malformation located in the infratemporal fossa (n=1). We present rare vascular lesions of the head and neck, which have typical radiological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Salihli State Hospital, Manisa, Turkey. serkanguneyli@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güneyli
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceylan
authors.forename: Selen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayraktaroğlu
authors.forename: Türker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Savaş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult