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SKULL BASE IMAGING
1. IMAGING OF SKULL BASEIMAGING OF SKULL BASE
--Dr.A.Joseph Stalin(MCh PG)Dr.A.Joseph Stalin(MCh PG)
PROF .R.R UNIT
DEPT OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
GOVT ROYAPETTAH HOSPITAL
CHENNAI
9. ROLE OF IMAGINGROLE OF IMAGING
Diagnosis
Deciding Resectability
Planning of Treatment- Approach
Specialist Help
Reconstruction
Follow up/Recurrance
11. Characterisation of the lesionCharacterisation of the lesion
Morphology 1. tissue characterisation
2. pattern of bone involvment
3. vascularity
Localisation 1. intrinsic to the skull base
2. arising from intracranial compartment
3. arising from extracranial head and neck
Invasion of other structures
1. Direct extension
• infiltrating bone, soft tissue, meninges, cerebrum
• preformed channels and foramina
2. Hematogenous spread
3. Perineural spread
12. Agressive bone involvement patternAgressive bone involvement pattern
Osteolysis
Absent bone replaced by soft tissue
Thinned bone with soft tissue mass on
its both sides
Abnormal signal of the bone marrow
Calcifications within the soft tissue mass
13. Non-aggressive bone involvement patternNon-aggressive bone involvement pattern
Bone remodeling with bowing, thin or demineralized walls
Bone expansion with smooth contour or interrupted walls
Enlarged intramedullary cavity
Varying attenuation: ground-glass, radiolucent or sclerotic
14. INTRACRANIAL <> EXTRA CRANIALINTRACRANIAL <> EXTRA CRANIAL
Pharygeal mucosal space PMS Sinus Morgagni
Parapharyngeal space PPS Skull base
Carotid space CS Carotid canal
Jugular foramen
Mandibular space MS Foramen ovale
Retropharyngeal space RPS Basiocciput
15. Sinus frontalis Squamous CellSinus frontalis Squamous Cell
Cancer with intracranialCancer with intracranial
spreadspread
Nodular dural enhancing have
high specificity
Dural thickness > 5 mm
Coexistent leptomeningeal
enhancement
Hypointense leision
Brain parenchymal changes
16. Perineural spreadPerineural spread
Nerve enlargement and nerve enhancement
Obliteration of the fat in the foramina, fosse or fissures
Foraminal enlargement or destruction
Enhancing soft tissue in the cavernous sinus and Meckel cave
Neuropathic atrophy and fat replacement
Tumor growthTumor growth
Incresed permeability of endoneurial capillariesIncresed permeability of endoneurial capillaries
Rupture of the blood-nerve barrierRupture of the blood-nerve barrier
Contrast-enhancementContrast-enhancement
52. CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
Thorough anatomical knowledge essential.
Both CT and MRI are needed.
Histological diagnosis not needed for
managing skull base tumours.
Main role of imaging is to plan the
recection .
Treatment options for skull base tumours –
resection +/_ radiotherapy
7 foramina
2 fissures
3 canals
All with fun stuff inside.
Hypoglossal artery = not always present.
Sometimes, can have a small emissary vein that runs through here that can protrude into the cerebellomedullary cistern and mimic a nerve sheath tumor.
2 parts:
Pars nervosa = anteromedial
Pars vascularis aka pars venosa = posterolateral
Separated by the jugular spur.
Pars nervosa: glossopharyngeal nerve,
inferior petrosal sinus- runs along petrooccipital fissure
Pars vascularis: vagus and spinal accessory nerve
Jugular bulb: confluence b/w sigmoid sinus and internal jugular vein.
Anterolateral to pars nervosa = petrous portion of the carotid artery.
F.S.:
V3 recurrent = mandibular branch.
Emissary veins in FS and FO connect cavernous sinus with pterygoid plexus of veins = path for nasaopharyngeal tumors.
Foramen of vesalius- inconstant. Anterior and medial to f. ovale. When it does occur, it contains (read slide)
F.L.:read slide
Vidian canal = aka pterygoid canal. Connects pterygopalatine fossa to foramen lacerum. Contains vidian artery (branch of maxillary artery) and nerve.
Vidian nerve = formed by merger of greater superficial petrosal nerve (branch of facial nerve) and deep petrosal nerve.
PPF = conduit for spread of tumor and infection
Communicates with inf orbital fissure, orbital apex,…
PPF - Sphenoplatine foramen = to nasal fossa
PPF – pterygomaxillary fissure = to masticator space
PPF- foramen rotundum = connection with Meckel’s cave, cavernous sinus
PPF- Vidian canal = to foramen lacerum
PPF- to greater/lesser palatine canals = to palate
PPF – foramen rotundum = connection with meckel’s cave, cav sinus, since we’ve mentioned it a few times now and b/c contains a lot of key elements:
Cav sinus- read slide.
V2- lateral wall of CS- then to foramen rotundum
V1- lateral wall of cav sinus- then to superior orbital fissure, along with CN III, IV, VI
Speaking of the superior orbital fissure…
Below SOF = IOF.
Optic canal = more superior to SOF.
Pitfalls calcified debris in fungal sinuitis and flow voids
associated with aggressive rapidly growing tumors , malignant neoplasms or infectious process( osteocorsoma, osteosarcoma and metastases)
High T2 signal and contrast enhancement meaning brain vasogen edema ; ddif linerar pattern of enhancemet rep reactiv dural changes of hyperemia, hypertrofia and inflammation
Adenoid cystic carcinoma, squamos cell carcinoma but even lymfoma, melanoma desmoid type basal cell ca rhabdomyosarcoma neurogenic tum juv angifibroma
Gd T1 and high resolusion T2 w ; Gd fs t1
etmoidal sinus cancer
Chordomas like the clivus
Chondrosarcomas like the cartilaginous endplates- petrooccipital suture
Glomus tumors- jugular bulb, middle ear, carotid body
Meningiomas- most common (20% of all brain tumors). But most = cerebral convexity, along and lateral to the falx.
10% clivus
20% sphenoid ridge
Schwannomas almost always develop from sensory nerves. Because the olfactory and optic nerves do not have a Schwann cell layer, they do not develop these tumors. The most common intracranial schwannoma = acoustic neuroma- it develops from the vestibular nerve. Bilateral acoustic neuromas = pathogomonic for NF2. (90% of the time, schwannomas are solitary).
The second most common intracranial schwannomas develop from the trigeminal nerve. Trigeminal schwannomas usually arise from the root or ganglion and occupy the middle fossa and, sometimes, the posterior fossa. Schwannomas of the other cranial nerves are rare.
T1 post contrast MR showing extraaxial lesion arising from the middle cranial fossa.
Heterogeneous enhancement.
Low signal areas = flow voids or calcs.
Coronal = involvement with skull base. Mass effect on temporal lobe.
Chondrosarcomas can occur anywhere in the skeletal system. Often = preexisting cartilaginous lesion like previously benign osteochondroma. In skull base = usually at cartilage endplates. E.g. petrooccipital suture.
Location: read slide
Clinical:
Most commonly, patients are diagnosed with chondrosarcomas during the third or fourth decade of life. Males are affected more often than females. Chondrosarcomas can be divided into classic, mesenchymal, and dedifferentiated tumors.
Mesenchymal, Dedifferentiated = high grade.
Classic low grade = like chordoma.
DDX: Chordoma- usually has marked bone destruction, midline (clivus)
Chondrosarcoma = significant soft tissue component, little bone destruction, arcs/nodules of calcification, eccentric locations- often centered in framen lacerum.
Sagittal T1-weighted MR image shows a large, hypointense soft-tissue mass that arises from the distal clivus with anterior extension into the nasopharynx (arrows) and extradural extension into the posterior fossa (arrowhead).
CT to assess degree of bone involvement. MRI to evaluate extension of tumor.
CT Findings:
The most characteristic appearance of intracranial chordoma is of a centrally located homogeneous soft tissue mass arising from the clivus and causing adjacent bone destruction.
Calcification is common but variable.
Areas of low attenuation within the soft tissue mass occasionally are found on CT, representing the myxoid and gelatinous material found on pathologic examination.
CT reliably demonstrates petrous apex involvement and lysis of the skull base foramina.
MRI Findings:
Mass originating from midline with extension primarily in the anteroposterior axis rather than laterally.
Well delineated.
Expands bone in the early stage = indicator that it arises from bone, not from adjacent structures.
Post gad = lobulated area, heterogeneous on T1 and T2 b/c of mucinous and gelatinous contents.
DDX: Chondroma- similar appearance but extend more laterally into sellar and cerebellopontine angles.
Clivus meningioma – homegeneous signal, dural attachment
Contrast enhanced T1 spin echo image. Chordoma of the upper part of the clivus with posterior extension into the pontine cistern.
Chordomas = benign tumor but has significant problems b/c of location, local invasion, recurrence.
Origin:
Notochord = early fetal axial skeleton. Gets surrounded by cartilage. Cartilage ossifies and notochord = squeezed out into intervertebral regions = nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disks.
Can get remnants then, along any position of the neural axis- turn into chordomas.
Location: read slide. Rare. &lt;0.2% of all intracranial tumors.
Clinical:read slide
CN deficits: HA, dysphagia, facial pain, facial paresis, visual loss, hearing loss, and ataxia.
CT to assess degree of bone involvement. MRI to evaluate extension of tumor.
CT Findings:
The most characteristic appearance of intracranial chordoma is of a centrally located homogeneous soft tissue mass arising from the clivus and causing adjacent bone destruction.
Calcification is common but variable.
Areas of low attenuation within the soft tissue mass occasionally are found on CT, representing the myxoid and gelatinous material found on pathologic examination.
CT reliably demonstrates petrous apex involvement and lysis of the skull base foramina.
MRI Findings:
Mass originating from midline with extension primarily in the anteroposterior axis rather than laterally.
Well delineated.
Expands bone in the early stage = indicator that it arises from bone, not from adjacent structures.
Post gad = lobulated area, heterogeneous on T1 and T2 b/c of mucinous and gelatinous contents.
CT imaging demonstrates the extent of bony destruction (white and black arrows) by the tumor. The normal jugular foramen on the left (arrow head) is shown for comparison.
Salt and pepper: multiple low signal intensity areas = flow voids in tumor.
When large- erode bone.
Glomus tumors arise from chemoreceptor cells.
These tumors are slow-growing hypervascular tumors that usually occur in the temporal bone.
Location: read slide- check other places for them b/c = multiple. E.g. Carotid body
Patients usually present with gradual hearing loss, unilateral pulsatile tinnitus, and lower cranial nerve palsies.
Approximately 1-3% of gangliogliomas produce catecholamines, so can get arrythmia, BP fluctuation.
May be locally invasive but rarely metastasize.