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PROGRAMME 21st ANNUAL MEETING AND POSTGRADUATE COURSE OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HEAD AND NECK RADIOLOGY (ESHNR) JOINT MEETING WITH THE SWISS SOCIETY OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (SSORL)

Thursday, Nov 6, 2008

Room 2
08:15- 09:30 Pre-congress interactive workshop for otorhinolaryngologists/head and neck surgeons: Basic MRI in the head and neck
Moderator: S. Robinson, Vienna/AT
08.15- 08:25 Indications and contraindications for MRI examinations. C. Czerny, Vienna/AT
08.25 – 08:50 Basic sequences and applications in the head and neck. R. Kohler, Geneva/CH
08:50– 09:30 Interactive workshop. J. Kabala, Birmingham/UK.

09:30- 09:45 Break

Room 2
09:45 – 10:00 Welcome and opening of the joint ESHNR/SSORL Meeting 2008
M. Becker, Geneva/CH; P. Dulguerov, Geneva/CH; S. Golding, Oxford/ UK; B. Allgayer, Lucerne/CH

10:00- 12:10 Common Session I Rhinology: Infections of the paranasal sinuses
Moderators: H. Eggesbö, Oslo/NO; S. Lacroix, Geneva/CH
10:00- 10:20 Anatomic variants of the paranasal sinuses. S. Kösling, Halle/DE
10:20- 10:40 Evidence-based imaging of rhinosinusitis. A. Borges, Lisbon/PT
10:40- 11:00 Chronic rhinosinusitis-update on management. A.Welge-Lüssen, Basel/CH
11:00- 11:10 Paranasal sinus involvement in mucoviscidosis- update on imaging. H. Eggesbö, Oslo/N
11:10- 11:30 Imaging of fungal infections of the paranasal sinuses.    B. Schuknecht, D. Simmen, Zurich/CH
11:30- 11:50 How to manage patients with fungal infections of the paranasal sinuses? D. Holzmann, Zurich/CH
11:50- 12:10 Navigation in surgery of the paranasal sinuses: when and how? M. Caversaccio, Berne/CH   

12:10- 13:15 Lunch break/ Poster tour/ Exhibits

Room 2
13:15- 15:15 Common Session II: Hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus
Moderators: I. Kos, Geneva/CH and S. Kösling, Halle/DE
13:15- 13:50 Imaging of cholesteatoma. B. De Foer, Antwerp/BE
13:50- 14:00 Diagnostic yield of MRI for audiovestibular dysfunction: Correlation with presenting symptoms and impact on clinical management. C. Vandervelde, S. Connor, London/UK (original paper)
14:00- 14:20 Whiplash and simulation after an automobile accident: Different effects on balance control and dizziness. J. H. J. Allum, Basel/CH
14:20- 14:40 Tinnitus: Clinical, pathophysiologic and therapeutic aspects. M. Kompis, Berne/CH
14:40- 15:15 Imaging of tinnitus: What’s new? J. W. Casselmann, Bruges/BE

15:15- 15:45 Coffee break / Exhibits

Room 2
15:45- 18:00 Common Session III: Neck
Moderators: S. Stöckli, St Gallen/CH, M.Mack, Frankfurt/D
15:45- 16:15 Neck spaces: a guide to neck pathologies D. Farina, Brescia/IT
16:15- 16:35 How to image and how to report on the parapharyngeal space. J. Olliff, London/UK
16:35- 16: 55 Hemangioma and vascular malformations of the head and neck- update on clinical, pathophysiologic and therapeutic aspects. C. Gysin, Zürich/CH
16:55- 17:15 Imaging of hemangioma and vascular malformations in the head and neck. M. Mack, Frankfurt/DE
17:15- 17:35 Percutaneous intervention in the head and neck. H. Yilmaz, Geneva/ CH
17:35- 17:45 MRI findings of neck survivors of strangulation. D. W. Tshering, W, H. Thoeny, S. Ross, D. Spendlove, S. Bolliger, M. Thali, P. Vock, L. Oesterhelweg, A. Christe, Berne/CH (original paper)
17:45- 17:55 Carotidynia: Revival of an old entity. P. Dulguerov, M. Becker, Geneva/CH

18:00- 19:00 Welcome Drink for all participants

Friday, Nov 7, 2008

Room 2
08:00- 10:00 Common Session IV: Head and neck oncology
Moderators: P. Zbären, Berne/CH; F. Pamejer, Amsterdan/NL
08:00- 08:20 Sentinel lymph node for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma- an update. S. Stöckli, St Gallen/CH
08:20 – 08:40 PET/CT in the diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. O. Ratib, Geneva/CH
08:40- 09:00 Imaging for treatment planning and monitoring of response. M. Essig, Heidelberg/DE
09:00- 09:20 Update on radiotherapy protocols in the head and neck. A. Allal, Fribourg/CH
09:20- 09:40 PET/CT for radiotherapy planning of head and neck tumors. N. Abolmaali, Dresden/DE
09:40- 10:00 Role of imaging for the detection of recurrent tumor after radiation therapy. R. Maroldi, Brescia/IT

Room 3 and 4
08:00- 10:00 Common Session V: Update on imaging and related clinical issues in otology
Moderators: M. Wolfensberger, Basel/CH; C. Czerny, Vienna/AT
08:00- 08:20 Management of schwannoma. R. Probst, Zürich/CH
08:20- 08:40 Imaging of the cochlea: what and how can we detect pathology today? C. Czerny, Vienna/AT
08:40- 09:00 New concepts in imaging of the vestibule.  F. Veillon, Strasbourg/FR
09:00- 09:20 Imaging of the semicircular canals: new approaches and new entities. F. Dubrulle, Lille/FR, J.W. Casselman, Bruges/BE
09:20- 09:30 Use of high-resolution DRIVE sequences to establish the variability in the orientation of the osseous spiral lamina along the basal turn of the cochlear in twenty normal hearing individuals: a potential role prior to cochlea surgery. D.Gibson, A.Whyte, Karamfiles.S, Atlas.M. Perth/AU (original paper)
09:30- 10:00 Round table: Where does essential reporting stop and where does “l’art pour l’art “ begin while imaging the ear? Moderator: J. Ph. Guyot, Geneva/CH; Participants: R. Häusler, Berne/CH; F. Veillon, Strasbourg/FR; F. Dubrulle, Lille/FR; J. W. Casselman, Bruges/BE

10:00- 10:30 Coffee Break/ Exhibits

Room 2
10:30- 12:10 SSORL Business meeting

Room 3
10:30- 12:10 ESHNR SS I: Mandible and face: What’s new ?
Moderator: H. Imhof, Vienna/AT, T. A. Larheim, Oslo/NO
10:30- 10:45 Imaging of masticator space infections: new concepts. B. Schuknecht, Zurich/CH
10:45- 11:00 Dentascan: when and how to use it? H. Imhof, Vienna/AT
11:00- 11:15 Applications of cone- beam CT in maxillo-facial pathologies. M. Pregarz, Brescia/IT
11:15- 11:35 Tumors of the mandible-what the radiologist needs to know. T. A. Larheim, Oslo/NO
Original papers
11:35- 11:45 The face predicts the brain: the association of facial malformations and brain anomalies in fetuses with trisomy 13 in fetal MRI. S. F. Nemec, P. C. Brugger, C. Czerny, D. Prayer, Vienna/AT
11:45- 11:53 Multidetector CT in the diagnosis of sinonasal osteoma. A. Lo Casto, F. Ganguzza, P. Collodoro, G. Cavarretta, A. Comparetto, G. La Tona, Palermo/IT
11:53- 12:01 CT perfusion examination is useless in evaluation of mandibular infiltration by malignant tumor - true or wrong ? A. Trojanowska, P. Trojanowski, W Olszanski, J Klatka, A. Drop, Lublin/PL
12:01- 12:09 Does upper aerodigestive tract tumour site influence incidence of intrathoracic malignancy at initial staging? D. B. Stobo, G. T. J. O'Neill, Glasgow/UK

Room 4 
10:30- 12:10 ESHNR SS II: Evaluation of cranial nerve impairment and sequence optimization techniques
Moderator: W. Zaunbauer, St Gallen/CH; D. Farina, Brescia/IT
10:30- 10:55 Radiologic- clinical duet in evaluation of olfactory impairment. N. Abolmaali, Dresden/DE, B.Landis, Geneva/CH
10:55- 11:10 Functional imaging of the acoustic pathway. K. Loevblad, Geneva/CH
11:10- 11:20 Fuctional imaging in patients with CAPD (central auditory processing disorders). S. Kösling, I. Bröcker, M. Knörgen, A. Noll, S. Bartel-Friedrich, Halle/DE
11:20- 11:35 Imaging of vagal nerve dysfunction. R. Maroldi, Brescia/IT
11:35- 11:50 Imaging of hypoglossal nerve palsy. D. Farina, Brescia/IT
11:50- 12:00 Tractography of the trigeminal nerve. M. Becker, M. Viallon, R. Kohler, M. I. Vargas, Geneva/CH
12:00- 12:08 CT and MRI cochlear diameter measurements may predict electrode length to 360 degrees insertion depth angle. S .E. J. Connor, D. J. Bell, London/UK (original paper)

Room 2
12:20- 13:20 Satellite Lunch Symposium Bayer- Schering:  New clinical and radiologic aspects of contrast materials for head and neck imaging
Moderator: M. Becker, Geneva/CH
12:20- 12:50 Applications of Vasovist in the head and neck. M. Essig, Heidelberg/D
12:50- 13:20 Applications of Gadovist in the head and neck. C. Ozdoba, Berne/CH

13:20- 14:00 Lunch break/ Exhibits
 
Room 2
14:00- 15:30 ESHNR SS III: Applications of diffusion and perfusion imaging in head and neck tumors
Moderator: H. C. Thoeny, Berne/CH, R. Maroldi, Brescia/IT
14:00- 14:15 Key-note lecture: Diffusion-weighted imaging in the head and neck. S. Bisdas, Frankfurt/DE
Original papers
14:15- 14:25 Diagnostic accuracy of DWI-MRI for discrimination of cervical metastatic lymph nodes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. R.B.J. de Bondt,  M.C. Hoeberigs, P.J. Nelemans, W. Deserno, J.W. Casselman, J. Verwoerd, B. Kremer and R.G.H. Beets-Tan, Maastricht/NL
14:25- 14:33 Squamous cell carcinoma perfusion at multi-detector row CT: Reproducibility of tumor and muscle quantitative measurements, inter- and intra-observer agreement. K. Surlan-Popovic, Z. Rumboldt, T. J. Vogl, M. G. Mack, S. Bisdas, Frankfurt/DE
14:33- 14:41 The role of DW-MRI in the differentiation of tumor and posttherapeutic changes after radiotherapy of laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancers. W. D. Tshering, S. Simon-Zoula, P. Zbaeren, A. Geretschlaeger, H. C.Thoeny, Berne/CH
14:41- 14:49 Tissue perfusion and glucose metabolism coupling in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas using combined PET/CT imaging. S. Bisdas, Z. Rumboldt, K. Spicer, T. J. Vogl, M. G. Mack, Frankfurt/DE 
14:49- 14:57 Outcome prediction after surgery and chemoradiation of squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx: Perfusion CT parameters versus tumor volume. S. Bisdas, M. G. Mack, G. Glavina, K. Surlan-Popovic, T. J. Vogl, Z. Rumboldt Frankfurt/DE 
14:57- 15:05 Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging: A reliable diagnostic tool for recurrent head and neck tumors. E. Kamel, P. Pasche, R. Meuli, P. Hauser, I. Borchardt, P. Schnyder, and B. Duvoisin, Lausanne/CH
15:05- 15:13 Can diffusion-weighted MR imaging differentiate benign from malignant tumors in the head and neck ?  R. Kohler, M. Viallon, X. Montet, M. Becker, Geneva/CH
15:13- 15:21 Image fusion between echo-planar diffusion-weighted (EP-DW) and isotropic 3D VIBE post-Gd in head and neck: A feasibility study. M. Ravanelli, D. Farina, A. Marconi, R. Maroldi, Brescia/IT
15:21- 15:29 Optimization of echo-planar diffusion-weighted (EP-DWI) sequences in the head and neck: Signal/noise ratio and ghosting artifacts. M. Ravanelli, D. Farina, E. Botturi, A. Borghesi, R. Maroldi. Brescia/IT

Room 3
14:00- 15:30 ESHNR SS IV: Neck, thyroid and salivary glands
Moderator: F. Torrinha, Lisbon/PT, N. J. Freling, Amsterdam(NL
14:00- 14:20 Practical aspects of 3T MR imaging in head and neck tumors. S. Robinson, Vienna/AT
Original papers
14:23- 14:31 Value of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient calculation before and after gustatory stimulation in the diagnosis of acute or chronic parotitis. C.R. Habermann, T. Ries, C. Arndt, M. Regier, J. Graessner, M.C. Cramer, F. Reitmeier, M. Jaehne, G. Adam, Hamburg/DE
14:31- 14:39 MRI of parotid tumors: Typical lesion characteristics in MR improve discrimination between benign and malignant disease. C. Waldherr, A. Christe, P. Zbaeren, E. Stauffer, H. C. Thoeny, Berne/CH
14:39 14:47 Diffusion-Weighted Echo-Planar MRI: Still a Valuable Tool for Differentiating Primary Parotid Gland Tumors in a large patient collective? C. R. Habermann, C. Arndt, J. Graessner, F. Reitmeier, M. Jaehne, G. Adam, Hamburg/DE
14:47- 14:55 Ultrasonographic features of follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma: Mimicker of a benign thyroid nodule. Ji-hoon Kim, Dae Sik Kim, Kee-Hyun Chang   Ji-hoon Kim, Seoul/KR
14:55- 15:03 Evaluating thyroid nodules: Can ultrasound accurately predict and select neoplastic nodules for fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology? R. K. Lingam, S. Kaneira, M. Qarib M, London/UK
15:03- 15:11 Diagnostic adequacy of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in neck lump investigation: a comparative audit of three reporting setups. Y. Gupta, N. Stephens, T. Beale, London/UK
15:11- 15:19 Cervical tuberculous adenitis: what are the most reliable ultrasound features? S. La-Porte, J. K.  Juttla, H. Lloyd-Hughes, D. Remedios, London/UK
15:19- 15:27 NeckTB or not TB: The value of ultrasound, cytology and microbiology for diagnosis. S. La-Porte, J. K.  Juttla, H. Lloyd-Hughes, D. Remedios, London/UK

Room 4
14:00- 15:30 Multiple Choice Questions Evaluation Test of the SSORL

15:30- 16:00 Break/ Exhibits

Room 2
16:00- 17:35 Common Session VI: Larynx and pharynx
Moderators: J. Castelijns, Amsterdam/NL; A. Arnoux, Aarau/CH
16:00- 16:15 Present status of surgery for laryngeal carcinoma. Ph. Pasche, Lausanne/CH
16:15- 16:25 MR imaging of the larynx - the way forward ? N. J. Stephens, S. Punwani, T. Beale, S. Morley, London/UK (original paper)
16: 25- 16:40 Is it possible to differentiate tumor from peritumoral inflammation in the larynx and hypopharynx ? M. Becker, Geneva/CH
16:40- 17:00 Prediction of tumor response in the larynx and hypopharynx after radiation therapy using imaging- based parameters. F. Pamejer, Amsterdam/NL
17:00- 17:20 Recurrent tumor in the larynx and hypopharynx after radiation therapy: clinical and histopathologic aspects. P. Zbaeren, Berne/CH
17:20- 17:35 Discussion. Moderator: P. Zbaeren, Berne/CH

Room 3 and 4
16:00- 17:35 Common Session VII: Sensorineural hearing loss and facial palsy
Moderators: R. Probst, Zurich/CH; F Veillon, Strasbourg/F
16:00- 16:35 Radiologic- surgical duet in sensorineural hearing loss. J .W. Casselman and E, Offeciers, Bruges/BE
16:35- 16:55 Facial nerve palsy: what is new? T. Linder, Luzern/CH
16:55- 17:15 Imaging of facial nerve palsy. F Veillon, Strasbourg/FR
17:15- 17:35 Imaging of the deaf child. T. Beale, London/UK

Room 2 
17:35- 18:05 ESHNR General Assembly

19:15- 23:00 Social Evening beginning at Cathedral St Pierre, followed by Dinner at Four Seasons Hotel Les Bergues  (formal attire)

Saturday, Nov 8, 2008

Room 2 
08:00- 09:50 ESHNR SS V: Head and neck oncology- questions of the clinician and answers of the radiologist
Moderators: A. Borges/Lisbon/PT; N. J. Freling, Amsterdam/NL
08:00- 08:20 Tumors of the nasopharynx- essentials of imaging and reporting. V. Chong, Singapore/SG
08:20- 08:30 Paranasal sinus tumors: questions of the surgeon. P. Dulguerov, Geneva/CH
08:30- 08:50 Key imaging issues in paranasal sinus tumors. T. Beale, London/UK
08:50- 09:10 Bone tumors of the skull base- a forgotten land. A. Borges,Lisbon/PT
09:10- 09:30 Pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. N. J.  Freling, Amsterdam/NL
09:30- 09:50 Perineural spread of cancer in the head and neck- an update. V. Chong, Singapore/SG

09:50- 10:20 Coffee Break/ Poster viewing

Room 2 
10:20- 11:30 ESHNR SS VI: Brachial plexus
Moderator: J. Delavelle, Geneva/CH
10:20- 10:50 How to image and report on the normal and pathologic brachial plexus. A. H. W. van Es, Nieuwegen/NL
10:50- 11:10 Plexus brachialis tractography. M. I. Vargas, Geneva/CH
11:10- 11:30 Trauma of the brachial plexus. S. Gerevini, Milan/IT

11:35- 12:05 Junior Film reading session of the ESHNR: girls versus boys
Moderator: Martin Mack, Frankfurt/D

12:05- 12:45 Lunch Break/ Poster Viewing

Room 2
12:45- 14:15 Official Refresher Course of the ESHNR (Part 1)
Moderator: Minerva Becker, Geneva/CH
12:45- 13:05 Pitfalls in head and neck imaging, J. Olliff, London/UK
13:05- 13:35 Major salivary glands. H. C. Thoeny, Bern/CH
13:35- 13:55 Minor salivary glands. N. J. Freling, Amsterdam/NL
13:55- 14:15 Temporomandibular joint. S. Robinson, Vienna/AT

14:15- 14:45 Break/ Poster Viewing

14:45- 16:35 Official Refresher Course of the ESHNR (Part 2)
Moderator: Bernhard Schuknecht, Zürich/CH
14:45- 15:15 Larynx. G. Moulin, A. Varoquaux, Marseille/FR
15:15- 15:45 Thyroid and parathyroid glands. F Torrinha, Lisbon/PT
15:45- 16:10 Trauma in the head and neck. S Golding. Oxford/GB
16:10- 16:35 Lymph nodes in the neck. M. Becker, R. Kohler/CH

16:35- 16:45 Closing Ceremony of the ESHNR Congress 2008