[The feasibility of pretherapeutic diagnosis of malignant pharyngeal processes using high-frequency cineradiography].
The differentiation between stage T3 and stage T4 pharyngeal tumors is of crucial importance for the proper therapeutic approach (surgery, surgery with consecutive radio- or radiochemotherapy, chemotherapy). The clinical relevance of the additional information provided by cineradiography was evaluated in combination with the endoscopic and computed tomographic results. We performed static and dynamic pharyngography with mono- and double-contrast-methods in four planes, including pharyngeal distension (Valsalva's and Müller's maneuver) and phonation. For the dynamic study, high-speed cineradiography (35 mm film, 50 frames/s) was used. Twenty-three patients with histologically proven neoplasms were examined. It was determined that surgery was technically feasible in 4 out of 14 patients who were previously presumed to have inoperable tumors. In 2 cases, an extension of the tumor mass was seen by cineradiography (results proven intraoperatively).
Hannig
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Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Technische Universität München.
Wuttge-Hannig
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Clasen
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Bockmeyer
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002933:Cineradiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Möglichkeiten der prätherapeutischen Diagnostik maligner Pharynxprozesse durch Einsatz der Hochfrequenzröntgenkinematographie.