General Principles and Management Spiros Manolidis Kenneth S. Hu Mark S. Persky INTRODUCTION Paragangliomas represent highly vascular neoplasms that embryologically arise from the paraganglia of neural crest origin and most…
Radiation Therapy Technique William M. Mendenhall The treatment technique depends on the location of the tumor, the number of lesions (1 or ≥2), and whether the tumor is malignant. The…
General Principles and Management Esther X. Vivas Andrew A. McCall Paul A. Gardner Carl H. Snyderman INTRODUCTION, NATURAL HISTORY, PATHOLOGY, AND PATHOGENESIS Lateral skull base malignancy is rare. The lateral…
Radiation Therapy Technique William M. Mendenhall The irradiation techniques employed for salivary gland tumors varies with the primary site, histology, and whether the patient is being treated with postoperative irradiation…
Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett MRI is generally preferred over CT for the imaging of salivary gland neoplasms. This is because of its ability to better characterize the internal…
General Principles and Management Daniel G. Deschler Kevin S. Emerick Lori J. Wirth Paul M. Busse ANATOMY Parotid The exocrine salivary gland system of the upper aerodigestive tract is composed…
Radiation Therapy Technique William M. Mendenhall The technique employed depends on the site and extent of the melanoma. The most common indication for radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck melanoma…
Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett Imaging of the head and neck for melanoma is usually performed as part of staging for metastatic lymph nodes and intracranial metastases. If the…
General Principles and Management Michael E. Kupferman Michael A. Davies INTRODUCTION More than 3.5 million new skin cancers are diagnosed every year. Although melanoma represents <5% of the cases, it…
Surgical Technique Marc S. Zimbler When analyzing facial soft tissue skin defects certain considerations are important, even before examining the defect itself. First and foremost, the reconstructive surgeon must be…
