title: [Echography in studying the hyothyroepiglottic space. Normal image. Pathologic aspects. Histologic correlations].
abstract: Invasion of the hyothyroepiglottic (HTE) space, or pre-epiglottic space, constitutes an important element in selecting the type of therapy in cancer of the larynx (functional surgery, radiotherapy), the oropharynx and the hypopharynx. Clinical examination and standard X-ray films provide insufficient information. High frequency real time ultrasonography offers a reliable means for exploring the pre-epiglottic space, as evidenced by this study carried on 34 histologically-confirmed cases taken among 77 cases of carcinoma of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts. Advantages presented by this method over CT-scanning and MR imaging in this particular pathological are simplicity, rapidity and low cost, combined with good performance.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Boucicaut, Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clavier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balleyguier
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arkwright
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barrès
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trotoux
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007830:Larynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Apport de l'échographie dans l'étude de la loge hyo-thyro-épiglottique. Image normale. Aspects pathologiques. Confrontations histologiques.