Chapter 3: Head

Introduction

The head module contains three groups of regions:

• Cranial

• Facial

• Airways

The cranial regions include the scalp, temporal region, cranial cavity, orbit, and ear. The importance of the cranial cavity contents makes it the dominant group of images represented here. They are divided into congenital, hemorrhage, tumors, trauma, and infection.

The facial regions include superficial regions (face, parotid) and deep regions (infratemporal region, pterygopalatine fossa, deep styloid region).

The airway regions include nasal regions (nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx), oral regions (oral cavity, oropharynx), and laryngeal regions (larynx, laryngopharynx).

Some miscellaneous images are grouped together for convenience (e.g., Paget's disease).

Normal Images

Congenital

Notes

High prominent forehead, flat posterior skull, flat face, shallow orbits, broadly spaced eyes, low set ears, mental deficiency, and deformities of the hands and feet.

Report

Brachycephaly due to coronal suture closure (Apert syndrome).

Treatment

Surgery to prevent closure of the coronal suture plus facial corrections. Correct syndactyly.

Notes

Skull deformity at birth. Mental deficiency if later.

Report

Craniosynostosis (metopic and coronal).

Treatment

Surgical correction.

Notes

Skull deformity at birth. Mental deficiency if later.

Report

Craniosynostosis (sagittal).

Treatment

Surgical correction.

Notes

Skull deformity at birth. Mental deficiency if later.

Report

Multiple suture craniosynostosis (coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid).

Treatment

Surgical correction.