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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Barium swallow== | ==Barium swallow== | ||
As dysphagia is a common presenting symptom, a barium swallow is often the first examination requested. Small sessile or superficially spreading lesions can be difficult or impossible to diagnose. Larger lesions may be visualised as irregular filling defects or result in asymmetry. | As dysphagia is a common presenting symptom, a barium swallow is often the first examination requested. Small sessile or superficially spreading lesions can be difficult or impossible to diagnose. Larger lesions may be visualised as irregular filling defects or result in asymmetry. | ||
[[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc.jpg | 200px]] <ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> [[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc_(1).jpg | 200px]]<ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> [[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc_(2).jpg | 200px]]<ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> | [[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc.jpg | 200px]] <ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> [[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc_(1).jpg | 200px]]<ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> [[Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc_(2).jpg | 200px]]<ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref> | ||
===Biopsy=== | ===Biopsy=== | ||
* Biopsy of the tumor yields correct diagnosis | * Biopsy of the tumor yields correct diagnosis | ||
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Overview
Barium swallow
As dysphagia is a common presenting symptom, a barium swallow is often the first examination requested. Small sessile or superficially spreading lesions can be difficult or impossible to diagnose. Larger lesions may be visualised as irregular filling defects or result in asymmetry.
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Biopsy
- Biopsy of the tumor yields correct diagnosis
References
- ↑ Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma
- ↑ Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma
- ↑ Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma