ELISA VENTURA

• experienced neuroradiologist with a background in advanced MRI and CT imaging, focused on supporting neurological and neurosurgical diagnostics and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• special interest in head&neck imaging, peripheral nervous system imaging and paediatric neuroradiology
• involved in teaching neuroradiology residents and medical students to support continuous improvement in patient care

Participation as an attendee to courses and conferences organized by the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ESHNR), the Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia (AINR), and the Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica (SIRM)

“Formation of intracerebral cavernous malformation after radiation treatment for medulloblastoma in a child.” Summa A, Cerasti D, Crisi G, Ventura E, Ormitti F. The Neuroradiology Journal, 22: 198-203, 2009.

• “Refractures in cemented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty and pain relief after a second procedure: a retrospective study”. Summa A, Crisi G, Cerasti D, Ventura E, Menozzi R, Ormitti F. The Neuroradiology Journal, 22: 239-243, 2009.
• “Pseudotumoral Hemicerebellitis: Conventional MR Imaging and MR Spectroscopy Evolution”. Summa A, Squarcia A, Ormitti F, Ventura E, Cerasti D, Todeschini A, Crisi G. The Neuroradiology Journal, 22: 397-401, 2009.
• "Listerial Romboencephalitis MR findings. A case report.” Summa A, Crisi G, Cerasti D, Ventura E, Ormitti F. The Neuroradiology Journal, 22: 402-406, 2009.
• “Basilar dependence on a persistent hypoglossal artery visualized at CT-Angiography. A case report”. Summa A, Crisi G, Ventura E, Cerasti D, Ormitti F, Menozzi R. The Neuroradiology Journal, 22: 11-14, 2009.
• “Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in a child during 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemia: MR imaging in diagnosis and follow-up”. Ormitti F, Ventura E, Summa A, Picetti E, Crisi G. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 31: 396-400, 2010.
• “Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography of the Pyramidal tracts and corpus callosum in children with right-sided congenital hemiparesis.” F.Ormitti, E.Ventura, A.Summa, F.Pisani, G.Cantalupo, A.Squarcia, D.Cerasti, G.Crisi. The Neuroradiology Journal, 23: 172-176, 2010.
• “Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Mandible: Usefulness of CT and MR Imaging in Diagnosis and Treatment. A Case Report.” Summa A, Cerasti D, Crisi G, Ormitti F, Ventura E, Sabato M. Neuroradiol J. 2010 Mar;23(1):109-113.
• “Aberrant mid-sagittal fiber Tracts visualized by Diffusion Tensor MR. A case report” Ormitti F, Summa A, Ventura E, Todeschini A, Pisani F, Cantalupo G. The Neuroradiology Journal, 23: 177-181, 2010.
• “Occasional finding of a dural arteriovenous fistula in a newborn with orbital lymphangioma. A case report.” Ventura E, Ormitti F, Summa A, Menozzi R, Cerasti D, Crisi G. The Neuroradiology Journal, 23: 191-194, 2010.
• · “Non-Von-Hippel-Lindau hemangioblastoma in the Hippocampus: characterization with Time-Resolved MRA using TRICKS sequence at 3.0T. A case report”. Crisi G, Giombelli E, Ventura E. The Neuroradiology Journal, 23: 416-419, 2010.
• “Detection of nodal metastatic disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: comparison of positron emission tomography (PET), contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and combined PET-CT”. Ventura E, Islam T, Gee MS, Mahamood U, Braschi M, Harisinghani MG. Clin Imaging 2010 Jan-Feb; 34(1):20-8.
• "Bilateral cerebellopontine angle lipomas". Ventura E, Ormitti F, Crisi G, Sanna M, Bacciu A. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2012 Feb;39(1):103-6. Epub 2011 May 13.
• “Influenza A H1N1 Related Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy: Radiological Findings in Adulthood”. Ventura E, Summa A, Ormitti F, Picetti E, Crisi G. The Neuroradiology Journal, 25(4): 397-401, 2012.
• “Unilateral ectopic parotid gland in CHARGE syndrome”. Ormitti F, Ventura E, Summa A, Bacciu A, Crisi G, Magnani C. Pediatr Radiol. 2013 Jan;43(2):247-51.
• “In vivo and ex vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the characterization of hemangioblastoma cystic fluid”. G.Crisi, Filice S, Pertinhez TA, Ventura E, Servadei F. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2014 Jan-Feb; 38(1): 29-32.
• “Lipomas of the internal auditory canal and cerebello-pontine angle”. Bacciu A, Di Lella F, Ventura E, Pasanisi E, Russo A, Sanna M Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 2014 123(1):58-64.
• “Goldenhar syndrome in association with contralateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery”. Ventura E, Ormitti F, Crisi G, Sesenna E. Neuroradiol J, April 2014, 27 (2):150-153.
• "Cochlear implantation in children with cochlear nerve deficiency”. Vincenti V, Ormitti F, Ventura E, Guida M, Piccinini A, Pasanisi E. Int J Pediatr otorhinolaryngol 2014 Jun, 78(6): 912-917.
• “Partitioned versus duplicated internal auditory canal: when appropriate terminology matters”. Vincenti V, Ormitti F, Ventura E. Otol Neurotol. Aug 2014, 35 (7): 1140-1144.
• “Pneumolabyrinth secondary to temporal bone fracture: a case report and review of the literature”. Bacciu A, Vincenti V, Prasad SC, Tonni D, Ventura E, Bacciu S, Pasanisi E. Int med case rep J, 2014 Sep, 11(7):127-131.
• “MR Neurography of a vagal neuropathy” Ventura E, Manno C, Gobbi C, Vitale V.A, Cianfoni A. Neurology, 2016; 87:234-235.
• “Giant tumefactive perivascular spaces mimicking a brain mass lesion: Report of three cases” Ventura E, Prodi E, Rinaldi F, Cianfoni A. Clinical & Translational Neuroscience January-June 2019: 1–5.
• “Brain Tumor-Enhancement Visualization and Morphometric Assessment: A Comparison of MPRAGE, SPACE, and VIBE MRI Techniques”. L. Danieli, G.C. Riccitelli, D. Distefano, Prodi, E. Ventura, A. Cianfoni, A. Kaelin-Lang, M. Reinert, E. Pravatà. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Jul;40(7):1140-1148.
• “Co-Occurrence of High Degree Atrioventricular Block and Facial Pain in Lateral Medullary Stroke.” Sihabdeen S, Ventura E, Cereda C.W, Staedler C, Chiaro G., and Manconi M. Online Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2020.04.000195.
• “Peri-Aneurysmal Brain Edema in Native and Treated Aneurysms: The Role of Thrombosis” Onofrj V, Tampieri D, Cianfoni, A, Ventura E. Neurointervention 2021 Mar;16(1):70-77.
• “Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with hypertrophic nerves”. Ripellino P, Ventura E, Querol L, Gobbi C. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2021;1–4. DOI: 10.1111/jns.12445.
• “Gantry‑needle‑target alignment technique for CT‑guided needle approaches to the skull base and cranio‑cervical junction”. Pileggi M, Ventura E, Di Napoli A, Piantanida R, Muto M, Cardia A, Cianfoni A. Neuroradiology (2022) 64:2039–2047.
• “Imaging of neuralgic amyotrophy in the acute phase”. Ripellino P, Arányi Z, van Alfen N, Ventura E, Peyer A.K, Cianfoni A, Gobbi C, Pedrik E, Sneag D.B. Muscle Nerve. 2022 Dec;66(6):709-714. doi: 10.1002/mus.27732. Epub 2022 Oct 25
• “A man with an unusual headache and multiple lower cranial neuropathies.” Sparasci D, Ventura E, Commodaro C, Ripellino P. Neurol Sci 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.1007/s10072-024-07417-8.
• "Teaching NeuroImage: Cervical Radiculopathy Due to Vertebral Artery Dissection." Guadalupi P, Piccoli F, Piron F, Cianfoni A, Ventura E. Neurology. 2025 Sep 9;105(5):e214090. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214090.

• Author and co-author of Oral Presentations and Educational Posters at national (Swiss Society of Neuroradiology, Swiss Society of Radiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale) and international Congresses (European Society of Head and Neck Radiology)

“Neuroimaging dell'ernia discale”. E.Ventura. Formazione multidisciplinare NSI.  Simposio Spine Unit: l'ernia discale lombare. Villa Sassa Hotel, Sala Lugano, via  Tesserete 10, Lugano, 16 June 2016.  · 

“Aspetti radiologici della stenosi lombare degenerativa”. E.Ventura.  Formazione multidisciplinare NSI. Simposio rachide: la claudicatio nell'anziano.  Stenosi del canale lombare e diagnosi differenziale. Ospedale Regionale di  Lugano, Civico, Aula Magna, 1 June 2017.  

“Si fa presto a dire crollo vertebrale!”. E.Ventura. La colonna vertebrale: cosa  non sappiamo ancora? Bari, 30 November 2017, 

“Contributo dell'imaging nella diagnosi della nevralgia trigeminale”. E.Ventura.  Formazione multidisciplinare NSI. Simposio di Neurochirurgia cranica: la  nevralgia trigeminale a 360°: dalla clinica alle diverse opzioni terapeutiche.  Ospedale Italiano di Viganello, 2 December 2021.  

“Radiation dose and image quality in middle and inner ear CT imaging:  comparison between multidetector CT and 3D flat panel rotational acquisitions  on two different phantoms.” Bellesi L, Magoga F, Cancellato G, Ventura E,  Cianfoni A, Presilla S. 2022 European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria

“La gestione del paziente pediatrico in radiologia”. Auditorium Ospedale  Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli, Bellinzona, 7 September 2023  · 

“Flat Panel Computed Tomography (FPCT) before functional ear surgery: is it  worth it? “. E.Ventura, R.Spasiano, S.Catalano.35th Annual Meeting and  Refresher Course, 5-7 October 2023, St. Julian's, Malta  

“MRI in endolymphatic hydrops: attempting to explore its value and clinical correlations”. E.Ventura, R.Spasiano, F.Pedretti, D.Distefano, F.Piccoli,  M.Trimarchi, A.Cianfoni. ESHNR 36th Annual Meeting and Refresher course,  September 12-14, 2024, Malmö, Sweden

"One case, three lessons in neuroradiology: A case of persistent trigeminal pain. What did I miss? The value of reassessment in imaging." Swiss Congress of Radiology, 15-17 May 2025, St.Gallen, Switzerland

"Exploring Otosclerosis with Flat-Panel CT: Diagnostic Yield, CT Grading, ROI Density, and Correlation with Intraoperative Findings and Functional Outcomes." A.Pennacchi, M. Trimarchi, R.Spasiano, E.Ventura. 8th Congress of European ORL-HNS, Gothenburg, Sweden, 25-29 April 2026

• “Valutazione mediante tensore di diffusione di tratto piramidale e corpo calloso in bambini con emiparesi congenita destra.” F. Ormitti, E. Ventura, A. Summa, F. Pisani, G. Cantalupo, A. Squarcia, D. Cerasti , G. Crisi. IX Congresso Nazionale AINR di Neuroradiologia (9-12 December 2009, Firenze).
• “Valutazione di recidiva in un caso di colesteatoma congenito mediante applicazione della tecnica “Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction diffusion-weighted MR (PROPELLER). E. Ventura, F. Ormitti, A. Bacciu, P. Fois, A. Summa, G. Crisi, S. Bacciu. X Congresso Nazionale AINR di Neuroradiologia Pediatrica, 10-12 December 2010, Genova, Italy.
• “Encefalopatia acuta necrotizzante correlata ad infezione da virus influenzale A H1N1: il ruolo dell’imaging di Risonanza Magnetica nella diagnosi sia in ambito pediatrico che nell’adulto”. E. Ventura, F. Ormitti, A. Summa, G.Crisi. 26° Congresso Nazionale AINR di Neuroradiologia, 19-22 October, Padova, Italy
• “Vertebral Body Stenting and Cement Augmentation to restore structural stability in extreme spinal osteolysis”. A. Cianfoni A, E. Ratz, E. Ventura, P. Scarone, V. Espeli, G. Pesce, G. Bonaldi. Joint Annual Meeting Swiss Society of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology. 10-11 September 2015, Luzern, Switzerland
• · “Children with monolateral peri-orbital swelling: not always a simple diagnosis”. Testi C., Bassanese G., Pellegrini FP., Bode PK., Ventura E., Brazzola P., Pezzoli V. Congresso Annuale 2019 SSP/SGP, 6-7 June 2019, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
• · “Flat Panel Computed Tomography (FPCT) before functional ear surgery: is it worth it? “R. Spasiano, E. Ventura, S. Catalano, A. Benedetti, A. Cianfoni, M. Trimarchi SGORL 2023 “ORL meets neuroradiology and vice versa. 8-9 June 2023, Zurich, Switzerland
• · “Congenital aplasia of trochlear nerve in a case of paediatric superior oblique muscle palsy: role of an advanced MR technique.” F. Piccoli, S. Stagliano’, A. Cianfoni, E. Ventura. European Pediatric Neuroradiology Congress, 13-16 November 2025, Budapest, Hungary
• · “A rare complication of otitis media: Luc’s abscess”. C.Polinesi, F.Vanoni, L.Kottanattu, E.Ventura. Swiss Pediatric Congress, 22-23 May 2025, Bern, Switzerland

"Anatomy of Cranial Arteries, Embryology and Variants". Thomas Robert, Sara Bonasia, Michel W. Bojanowski. Springer 2023. 

Contribution to the chapters: 

• "Segmental Agenesis of the Internal Carotid Artery" T.Robert, S.Bonasia, E. Ventura, S. Smajda, M.W. Bojanowski. pg 41-57
• "Cortical and Perforating Branches of the Middle Cerebral Artery". S.Bonasia, S. Smajda, E. Ventura, T.Robert. pg 129-143
• "Intratympanic flow of the internal carotid artery". T.Robert, S.Bonasia, E.Ventura pg. 330-340