Antonio Padua Mesquita Maia Maia Filho MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Eloisa Maria Santiago Gebrim MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Flavia I. Cevasco MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Regina Lucia Elia Gomes MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Bruno Casola Olivetti MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Marcio Ricardo Taveira Garcia MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maira Sarpi MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mauro Miguel Daniel MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

- To provide an educational exhibit illustrating head and neck vascular malformations. - To describe the classification of head and neck vascular malformations according to two groups: vascular tumors and vascular structural malformations, subcategorized according to their flow dynamics as low-flow malformations (venous, lymphatic, capillary, capillary-venous, and capillary-lymphatic-venous) and high-flow malformations (arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas). - To identify the imaging features of the different lesions.  

- Review of literature. - Classification of vascular tumors and malformations. - Pathophysiology of vascular malformations. - Review of imaging findings:            o CT            o MRI - Correlation with clinical history, signs and pictures.    

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Maia Filho, A, Gebrim, E, Cevasco, F, Gomes, R, Olivetti, B, Garcia, M, Sarpi, M, Daniel, M, Vascular Malformations of Head and Neck – What Radiologists Need to Know. A Pictorial Essay and Literature Review  .  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14015034.html