Epiglottic carcinoma as a cause of laryngeal penetration and aspiration.
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our investigation was to review a series of patients with epiglottic carcinoma to elucidate the clinical and videofluoroscopic findings in these individuals. CONCLUSION. Patients with epiglottic carcinoma often present with symptoms of aspiration or pharyngeal dysphagia of relatively brief duration in the absence of a preexisting neurologic disease. In this clinical setting, barium studies are useful not only for detecting the epiglottic carcinoma but also for delineating the presence and mechanism of laryngeal penetration or tracheobronchial aspiration.
Mong
Andrew
A
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Levine
Marc S
MS
Rubesin
Stephen E
SE
Laufer
Igor
I
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003679:Deglutition; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004825:Epiglottis; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014741:Video Recording