Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Oct 1;29(5):333-341. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000747.
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is a challenging entity to diagnose and treat. The goal of this review is to summarize the imaging findings of SBO and present these in the context of recent studies on imaging of SBO.
This review discusses the clinical presentation, pathophysiology and imaging appearances of SBO. The review further emphasizes the results of latest studies on imaging of SBO, and the role of different modalities in diagnosis and evaluation of disease course and treatment response. Brief discussion on differential diagnoses from an imaging standpoint is also included.
Various imaging modalities play different and complimentary roles in diagnosis and management of SBO, which are discussed in this review.
颅底骨髓炎（SBO）的诊断和治疗具有挑战性。本文的目的是总结 SBO 的影像学表现，并结合 SBO 影像学的最新研究进行阐述。
本文讨论了 SBO 的临床表现、病理生理学和影像学表现。进一步强调了 SBO 影像学最新研究的结果，以及不同方式在诊断和评估疾病过程及治疗反应中的作用。还简要讨论了从影像学角度的鉴别诊断。
各种影像学方式在 SBO 的诊断和管理中发挥不同且互补的作用，本文对此进行了讨论。
