The aim of imaging in the follow-up of asymptomatic patients treated for sinonasal neoplasms is to detect submucosal relapsing lesions. The challenge is to discriminate recurrent tissue within the changes resulting from unpredictable healing of tissue after surgery and radiotherapy. Scar, inflammation, and recurrence can be better separated with a multisequence MR imaging approach. The choice of the field of view should take into account the risk of in-field intracranial recurrences, craniofacial bone metastases, and perineural spread. Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET has a role in assessing distant metastasis. Its usefulness in local and regional surveillance has yet to be established.
Keywords: MR Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Paranasal neoplasms; Postsurgical complications; Recurrent neoplasms.
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