title: CT characters versus morphopathological characters in pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a rare neoplasm, whose incidence increases with age. Computed tomography (CT) imaging is an easy way to explore the pharyngeal region, having the advantage of being able to highlight and characterize the existence of a tumor in this region, and to determine its local extension and lymphatic metastasis. In this group were included a total of 27 patients, who, following the histopathological findings were diagnosed with pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and who have previously received a CT scan. CT examination protocol included a native scan and post-intravenous administration of contrast medium, in both the arterial phase and in parenchymal and venous phase. The scan was made with 2 mm thin sections, subsequently were performed coronal and sagittal reconstructions. The examination plan included the thoracic region down to the aperture. The paper tries to establish correlations between the morphological appearance and semiological computed tomography characters of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Coltea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; anaconst@clicknet.ro.
authors.forename: Ana Magdalena
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bratu
authors.forename: Iulia Alecsandra
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Sălcianu
authors.forename: Daniel Alin
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cristian
authors.forename: Constantin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaharia
authors.forename: GarofiŢa Olivia
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Mateescu
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.forename: Şerban Vifor Gabriel
authors.initials: ŞV
authors.lastname: Berteşteanu
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lică
authors.forename: Elena Carmen
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Niculescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003287:Contrast Media; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media