title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Head and Neck Infections.
abstract: This article discusses the use of MR imaging in various acute infectious diseases of the head and neck, with particular emphasis on situations where MR imaging provides additional information that can significantly impact treatment decisions and outcomes. MR imaging findings of various disease processes are discussed, based on the head and neck compartments from which they originate. Specifically, infectious entities of the orbit, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, oral cavity (including periodontal disease), salivary glands, temporal bone, and lymph nodes are described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thayil
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Radiology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama 350-1298, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Akifumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: osamu.sakai@bmc.org.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Complications; Head and neck; Infections; MR imaging