Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 25-38 , February 2009

Imaging of Sinonasal Tumors

  • Gitta Madani, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • Timothy J. Beale, FRCR, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • University College Hospital London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Timothy J. Beale, FRCR, FRCS, University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 2BU, UK
    • ,
  • Valerie J. Lund, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK

References 

  1. Barnes L, Brandwein M, Som PM. Diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses, and nasopharynx. In:  Barnes L editors. Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck. (ed 2). New York, NY: Marcel Decker; 2001;p. 439–555
  2. Lund VJ. Malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 1983;45(1):1–12
  3. Som PM, Brandwein MS. Tumors and tumor-like conditions. In:  Som PM,  Curtin DC editor. Head and Neck Imaging. (ed 4). St Louis, MO: Mosby; 2003;p. 261–373
  4. Chow JM, Leonetti JP, Mafee MF. Epithelial tumors of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity. Radiol Clin North Am. 1993;31(1):61–73
  5. Kubal WS. Sinonasal imaging: malignant disease. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1999;20(6):402–425
  6. Gullane PJ, Conley J. Carcinoma of the maxillary sinus: a correlation of the clinical course with orbital involvement, pterygoid erosion or pterygopalatine invasion and cervical metastases. J Otolaryngol. 1984;12:141–145
  7. Rao VM, El-Naueam KI. Sinonasal imaging, anatomy and pathology. Radiol Clin North Am. 1998;36(5):921–939
  8. Som PM, Shapiro MD, Biller HF, et al. Sinonasal tumors and inflammatory tissues: differentiation with MR imaging. Radiology. 1988;167:803
  9. Lund VJ, Howard DJ, Lloyd GA, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of paranasal sinus tumors for craniofacial resection. Head Neck. 1989;11(3):279–283
  10. Hahnel S, Ertl-Wagner B, Tasman AJ, et al. Relative value of MR imaging as compared with CT in the diagnosis of inflammatory paranasal sinus disease. Radiology. 1999;210(1):171–176
  11. Maroldi R, Farina D, Battaglia G, et al. MR of malignant nasosinusal neoplasms (Frequently asked questions). Eur J Radiol. 1997;24(3):181–190
  12. Lund VJ, Howard DJ, Wei WI, et al. Craniofacial resection for tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses-a 17-year experience. Head Neck. 1998;20(2):97–105
  13. Curtin HD, Rabinov JD. Extension to the orbit from paraorbital disease (The sinuses). Radiol Clin North Am. 1998;36(6):1201–1213xi
  14. Perry C, Levine PA, Williamson BR, et al. Preservation of the eye in paranasal sinus cancer surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(6):632–634
  15. Maroldi R, Lombardi D, Farina D, et al. Malignant neoplasms. In:  Maroldi R,  Nicolai P editor. Imaging in Treatment Planning for Sinonasal Diseases. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2005;p. 159–220
  16. Ahmadi J, Hinton DR, Segall HD, et al. Surgical implications of magnetic resonance-enhanced dura. Neurosurgery. 1994;35(3):370–377
  17. Som PM, Dillon WP, Sze G, et al. Benign and malignant sinonasal lesions with intracranial extension: differentiation with MR imaging. Radiology. 1989;172(3):763–766
  18. Hasso AN, Lambert D. Magnetic resonance imaging of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavities. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 1994;6(4):209–223
  19. Goepfert H, Dichtel WJ, Medina JE, et al. Perineural invasion in squamous cell skin carcinoma of the head and neck. Am J Surg. 1984;148(4):542–547
  20. Ginsberg LE. Imaging of perineural tumor spread in head and neck cancer. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1999;20(3):175–186
  21. Laccourreye O, Bely N, Halimi P, et al. Cavernous sinus involvement from recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1994;103(10):822–825
  22. Curtin HD, et al. Detection of perineural spread: fat is a friend. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1998;19(8):1385–1386
  23. Lund VJ, Lloyd GA. Radiological changes associated with inverted papilloma of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Br J Radiol. 1984;57(678):455–461
  24. Maroldi R, Farina D, Palvarini L, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging findings of inverted papilloma: differential diagnosis with malignant sinonasal tumors. Am J Rhinol. 2004;18(5):305–310
  25. Jeon TY, Kim HJ, Chung SK, et al. Sinonasal inverted papilloma: value of convoluted cerebriform pattern on MR imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008;29(8):1556–1560
  26. Lee DK, Chung SK, Dhong HJ, et al. Focal hyperostosis on CT of sinonasal inverted papilloma as a predictor of tumor origin. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007;28(4):618–621
  27. Tufano RP, Mokadam NA, Montone KT, et al. Malignant tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses: hospital of the University of Pennsylvania experience 1990-1997. Am J Rhinol. 1999;13(2):117–123
  28. Johansen LV, Hjelm-Hansen M, Andersen AP. Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule (Treatment results). Acta Radiol Oncol. 1984;23(2-3):189–192
  29. Tran L, Sidrys J, Horton D, et al. Malignant salivary gland tumors of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity (The UCLA experience). Am J Clin Oncol. 1989;12(5):387–392
  30. Goepfert H, Luna MA, Lindberg RD, et al. Malignant salivary gland tumors of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity. Arch Otolaryngol. 1983;109(10):662–668
  31. Dulguerov P, Allal AS, Calcaterra TC. Esthesioneuroblastoma: a meta-analysis and review. Lancet Oncol. 2001;2(11):683–690
  32. Lund VJ, Howard D, Wei W, et al. Olfactory neuroblastoma: past, present, and future?. Laryngoscope. 2003;113:502–507
  33. Lloyd G, Lund VJ, Howard D, et al. Optimum imaging for sinonasal malignancy. J Laryngol Otol. 2000;114(7):557–562
  34. Sercarz JA, Mark RJ, Tran L. Sarcomas of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1994;103:699–704
  35. Crist W, Gehan EA, Ragab AH, et al. The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study III. J Clin Oncol. 1995;13:610–630
  36. Banks KP, Ly JQ, Thompson LDR, et al. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of sinonasal cavity: a case report and brief literature review. Eur J Radiol Extra. 2004;49(2):47–51
  37. Knott PD, Gannon FH, Thompson LD. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the sinonasal tract: a clinicopathological study of 13 cases with a review of the literature. Laryngoscope. 2003;113(5):783–790
  38. Lloyd G, Phelps PD, Michaels L. The imaging characteristics of naso-sinus chondrosarcoma. Clin Radiol. 1992;46:189–192
  39. Lund VJ, Howard DJ, Harding L, et al. Management options and survival in malignant melanoma of the sinonasal mucosa. Laryngoscope. 1999;109(2 Pt. 1):208–211
  40. Chang PC, Fishbein NJ, McCalmont TH, et al. Perineural spread of malignant melanoma of the head and neck: clinical and imaging features. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004;25:5–11
  41. Hatta C, Ogasawara H, Okita J, et al. Non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma of the sinonasal tract—treatment outcome for 53 patients according to REAL classification. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2001;28(1):55–60
  42. Borges A. Skull base tumours part I: imaging technique, anatomy and anterior skull base tumors. Eur J Radiol. 2008;66(3):338–347
  43. Rodrigo JP, Suarez C, Rinaldo A, et al. Idiopathic midline destructive disease: fact or fiction. Oral Oncol. 2005;41(4):340–348
  44. Kubota K, Yokoyama J, Yamaguchi K, et al. FDG-PET delayed imaging for the detection of head and neck cancer recurrence after radio-chemotherapy: comparison with MRI/CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2004;31(4):590–595
  45. Halpern BS, Yeom K, Fueger BJ, et al. Evaluation of suspected local recurrence in head and neck cancer: a comparison between PET and PET/CT for biopsy proven lesions. Eur J Radiol. 2007;62(2):199–204
  46. Hermans R, Vandecaveye V. Diffusion-weighted MRI in head and neck cancer. Cancer Imaging. 2007;7(1):126–127
  47. Abdel Razek AA, Soliman NY, Elkhamary S, et al. Role of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in cervical lymphadenopathy. Eur Radiol. 2006;16(7):1468–1477
  48. Abdel Razek AA, Kandeel AY, Soliman N, et al. Role of diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging in differentiation of residual or recurrent head and neck tumors and posttreatment changes. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007;28(6):1146–1152

PII: S0887-2171(08)00097-8

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.10.013

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 25-38 , February 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution