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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Educational Review

An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review

Authors: Davide Farina, Davide Lombardi, Martina Bertuletti, Giovanni Palumbo, Ivan Zorza, Marco Ravanelli

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images. As some of these complications are potentially fatal, awareness (and accurate reporting) of such variants is a basic responsibility of radiologists, particularly when surgery in the pertinent anatomic area is under consideration.
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Metadata
Title
An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review
Authors
Davide Farina
Davide Lombardi
Martina Bertuletti
Giovanni Palumbo
Ivan Zorza
Marco Ravanelli
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Insights into Imaging / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0794-7

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