2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR

IMAGING: MRI OR CT SCAN

PATIENTS WITH SUSPICIOUS FINDINGS ON PHYSICAL EXAM AND/OR CT AND/OR MRI HAD A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF PRIMARY SITE DETECTION THAN THOSE WITHOUT SUSPICIOUS FINDINGS

CT PRIOR TO PANENDOSCOPY LIKELY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE PROBABILITY OF DETECTING THE PRIMARY SITE

THE POTENTIAL OF CT, MR, OR BOTH TO DETECT A PRIMARY TUMOR IS IN THE RANGE OF 9.3% TO 23% , RISING 60% WHEN SUSPICIOUS RADIOLOGIC FINDINGS DIRECT SUBSEQUENT ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSIES

Cianchetti M et al., Laryngoscope 2009 Strojan P et al., Head Neck 2013

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