title: Imaging Evaluation and Treatment of Vascular Lesions at the Skull Base.
abstract: A wide range of congenital and acquired vascular entities may occur in the skull base. Although some are diagnosed incidentally and merit no treatment, others may require surgical or image-guided endovascular or percutaneous approaches for management. The complex anatomy of the skull base can make diagnosis challenging. A combination of computed tomography scans and MR imaging, and catheter angiography may be required for diagnosis and mapping. Endovascular treatment plays an important part in many of the acquired vascular lesions, such as vascular neoplasms and traumatic dissections/aneurysms. Endovascular treatment is generally considered the gold standard for the treatment of vascular shunts at the skull base.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: drjindal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gandhi
mesh_terms: D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D019291:Skull Base / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cavernous carotid fistula; Dissection; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma; Paraganglioma; Preoperative embolization