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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 | As dysphagia is a common presenting symptom, a barium swallow is often the first examination. 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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Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc.jpg |Left piriform fossa mass<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 |Left piriform fossa mass<ref name=aaa>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 |Squamous cell carcinoma<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 |Squamous cell carcinoma<ref name=aaa>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 |Squamous cell carcinoma<ref>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref></gallery> | Image:Left-piriform-fossa-mass-likely-scc_(2).jpg |Squamous cell carcinoma<ref name=aaa>Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma</ref></gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Barium swallow
As dysphagia is a common presenting symptom, a barium swallow is often the first examination. 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Case courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8891. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hypopharyngeal-squamous-cell-carcinoma