Taste Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-86799 Taste Disorders Patients presenting with taste complaints may in fact have olfactory dysfunction with abnormal flavor perception due to the loss of retronasal olfaction. With loss of flavor, a…
Workup and Therapeutic Options
10.1055/b-0034-86798 Workup and Therapeutic Options Clinical History A detailed history should include the duration and degree of olfactory loss and an inquiry in the status of chemosensory ability prior to…
Clinical Olfactory Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-86797 Clinical Olfactory Disorders Olfactory disorders can be classified as either the loss of ability to detect odorants or the distortion of odors and are classified as “-osmias.” Anosmia refers…
Anatomy of the Olfactory System
10.1055/b-0034-86796 Anatomy of the Olfactory System The olfactory epithelium resides in an area of a few square centimeters in the superior nasal cavity on the cribriform plate, upper septum, and…
Image Analysis of Sinonasal Neoplasms
10.1055/b-0034-86791 Image Analysis of Sinonasal Neoplasms It is often difficult for the radiologist to hone down on a particular histologic diagnosis because of the marked overlap of the imaging appearance…
Metastases
10.1055/b-0034-86792 Metastases Lymphatic Drainage and Nodal Metastases Lymph node drainage for sinonasal neoplasms is dependent on the origin of the neoplasm, the stage of the neoplasm, and the histology. Although…
Complications of Treatment
10.1055/b-0034-86793 Complications of Treatment Radiation Necrosis Radiation necrosis is not an infrequent complication of nasopharyngeal, sinonasal, and skull base neoplasms treated with irradiation.144–149,170 Due to the field covered, the temporal…
Sinonasal Neoplasms
10.1055/b-0034-86790 Sinonasal Neoplasms Evaluation and staging of sinus neoplasms is achieved through a combination of clinical assessment and pretreatment imaging with close scrutiny of the sinonasal cavity, orbits, nasopharynx, oral…
Imaging Disease Processes of the Paranasal Sinuses
10.1055/b-0034-86788 Imaging Disease Processes of the Paranasal Sinuses Inflammatory Disease/Sinusitis Sinusitis is among the most common ailments in the United States, with over 30 million Americans affected by sinusitis each…
Developmental Lesions
10.1055/b-0034-86789 Developmental Lesions Meningo (encephalo) cele refers to herniation of the meninges, CSF, and/or brain through an osseous defect in the cranium. Meningoencephaloceles are more common than meningoceles. Congenital encephaloceles…
