title: [Functional spiral CT in after-care of irradiated laryngeal carcinomas].
abstract: The importance of spiral-CT is clinically accepted for diagnosing spreading disease and for making a decision about the therapy strategy for head and neck tumors. Its importance for follow-up after radiotherapy was examined in 26 patients with irradiated laryngeal tumors. Using spiral-CT multiple signs of alterations (n = 98) can be diagnosed, which are not only important for tumour relapse, but also for assessment. Spiral-CT offers the possibility of achieving various additional information about the larynx that cannot be obtained with laryngoscopy. In follow-up examinations after radiation, laryngoscopy and spiral-CT are recommended as an integrated neck examination using the breath-holding technique (separately reconstructed) and also as functional spiral-CT of the vocal cords in "I"-phonation.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keitel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klöppel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kamprad
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Meister
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed