EBRO 2017

Head and neck cancer: diagnostic workup

Diagnostic imaging

Clinical “blind spots”

parapharyngeal space retropharyngeal nodes deep muscles of tongue and floor of mouth pterygoid muscle compartment paranasal sinuses, retromaxillar area pre- and paravertebral areas pre-epiglottic space bone/cartilage base of skull thoracic inlet/upper mediastinum

MRI or CT

Ultrasound + cytology (neck nodes)

Chest X-ray, chest CT (extensive nodal disease, supraclavicular nodes)

PET?