The Sensitivity and Specificity of High-Resolution Imaging in Evaluating Perineural Spread of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma to the Skull Base

Abstract

Perineural spread across the skull base is a frequent occurrence in patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. Magnetic resonance imaging has a higher sensitivity and specificity than CT in detecting PNS along the base of the skull.