title: Visualization of the Oropharynx With Transcervical Ultrasound.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this article are to illustrate the sonographic appearance of the oropharynx and to discuss the potential role of ultrasound in evaluation of the oropharynx.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasound is not currently used in the standard clinical evaluation of the oropharynx, but it is a promising imaging modality for evaluating the base of the tongue and the palatine tonsils. Ultrasound is comparable and complementary to CT and MRI, which have recognized limitations.
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Stephanie F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Coquia
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Ulrike M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Hamper
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Marianna E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Holman
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: M Robert
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Rathan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.affiliation: 1 Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 3171E, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Nafi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aygun
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fakhry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D056888:Patient Positioning; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: HPV; base of tongue; head and neck cancer; human papillomavirus; oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; tonsil; ultrasound