Delantoni Antigoni, Sarafopoulos Apostolos, Giannouli Natalia, Rafailidis Vasileios
Oral Surgery, Implant Surgery and Radiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
J Ultrason. 2023 May 11;23(93):e80-e89. doi: 10.15557/jou.2023.0015. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Inflammations of the maxillofacial regions are a frequent occurrence. They areusually of odontogenic origin, but maxillofacial swelling could also have non-odontogenic causes. Their clinical presentation is worrisome for the patient, presenting as swellings of the region with rapid and significant expansion to adjacent areas due to the thin and delicate nature of the regional soft tissues.
The characteristic features are discussed upon the presentation of a case series of the most common types of inflammation seen in the region.
In most hospital emergency departments, ultrasound scanning is readily accessible, and typically constitutes the first-line imaging modality for this entity. Nevertheless, the role of ultrasound imaging is limited in cases with deep extension of the inflammation, where cross-sectional imaging with CT or MRI will be the modality of choice. This manuscript aims to present the characteristic features of various inflammatory conditions of the maxillofacial area seen on ultrasonography.
Even though maxillofacial inflammations are often treated without imaging in their initial phase, ultrasound can provide aninexpensive, easy-to-use, and readily available alternative that best visualizes the characteristics and expansion patterns of the lesions, based on their origin and area of initial presentation.
颌面部炎症较为常见。它们通常起源于牙源性，但颌面部肿胀也可能有非牙源性原因。其临床表现令患者担忧，由于该区域软组织薄且脆弱，表现为该区域肿胀并迅速向邻近区域显著扩展。
根据该区域最常见的炎症类型的病例系列呈现，讨论其特征。
在大多数医院急诊科，超声扫描很容易获得，通常构成该疾病的一线成像方式。然而，在炎症深部扩展的病例中，超声成像的作用有限，此时CT或MRI横断面成像将是首选方式。本手稿旨在呈现超声检查所见颌面部各种炎症情况的特征。
尽管颌面部炎症在初始阶段通常无需成像即可治疗，但超声可以提供一种廉价、易用且随时可用的替代方法，基于病变的起源和初始表现区域，能最佳地显示病变的特征和扩展模式。
