In this book are published papers presented at the first meeting about tomodensito metry (Computer Tomography) which the CEPUR organized in Luxembourg in March 1977. CEPUR (College d'enseignement post-universitaire de Radiologie) is an international medical association having as its main aim the promotion of courses in advanced radiology. Several sections deal with the subspecializations, one of which is Com puter Tomography. Thanks to the fruitful cooperation of several University Hospitals (Ancona, Leuven, Montpellier, Bruxelles, Strasbourg), the two-day meeting organized by Dr. Capesius in Luxembourg covered a certain number of aspects of clinical tomodensitometry in the brain as well as in the trunk. We hope that this volume will be the first of a series dealing with the actual problems in clinical radiology. Leuven/Bruxelles/Strasbourg A. BAERT L. JEANMART A. WACKENHEIM Contents I. Introduction to the Technology of Computer Tomography K. Ungerer. With 18 Figures ... 2 II. Head Sellar Region: Normal and Pathologic Conditions. U. Salvolini, F. Menichelli, and U. Pasquini. With 40 Figures ...... 14 Empty Sella and Pituitary Gland. J.L. Dietemann and A. Wackenheim. Wi th 3 Figures . . . . . .... . ., 38 Midline Lesions. D. Baleriaux-Waha, L.L. Mortelmans, M. Dupont, and L. Jeanmart. With 17 Figures ....... .. 39 Ventriculocisternal Pathology in Children. D. Touitou. With 9 Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....... 47 Endocranial Calcifications. J.H. Vandresse, G. Cornelis, and A.

I. Introduction to the Technology of Computer Tomography

II. Head
Sellar Region: Normal and Pathologic Conditions
Empty Sella and Pituitary Gland.
Midline Lesions.
Ventriculocisternal Pathology in Children.
Endocranial Calcifications.
Area of Maximal Density in Extracerebral Tumors.
Tumoral Masses of the Posterior Fossa.
Cerebellopontine Expansive Lesions.
The Cervical Medullar Canal and its Content.
Cerebral Ischemia.
Cerebral Metastases.
Inflammatory Diseases of the Brain.
Epidermoid Cyst.
Meningiomas en Plaque.
Neurophthalmology.
Arterial and Arteriovenous Malformations.
III. Trunk
Chest.
Liver.
Liver and Pancreas.
Pancreatic Disease.
Kidneys.
Retroperitoneal Region.
Pelvis.
Abdominal Computer Tomography and Contrast Media..