Hypopharyngeal cancer mri

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Gertrude Djouka, M.D.[2], Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [3]

Overview

MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of hypopharyngeal cancer. Findings on MRI suggestive of hypopharyneal cancer include tumors are hypointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2.

MRI

Findings on MRI suggestive of hypopharyngeal cancer include:^[1]^[2]

Tumors are hypointense on T1
Tumors are hyperintense on T2

MRI is better than CT scan for the evaluation of soft tissue involvement and cartilage invasion.

References

↑ Tshering Vogel DW, Thoeny HC (August 2016). “Cross-sectional imaging in cancers of the head and neck: how we review and report”. Cancer Imaging. 16 (1): 20. doi:10.1186/s40644-016-0075-3. PMC 4971750. PMID 27487932.
↑ Pracy P, Loughran S, Good J, Parmar S, Goranova R (May 2016). “Hypopharyngeal cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines”. J Laryngol Otol. 130 (S2): S104–S110. doi:10.1017/S0022215116000529. PMC 4873926. PMID 27841124.
↑ Hypopharyngeal cancer. Image courtesy of Radswiki Radiopaedia(original file “here”).Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

[pmid27487932-1] Tshering Vogel DW, Thoeny HC (August 2016). “Cross-sectional imaging in cancers of the head and neck: how we review and report”. Cancer Imaging. 16 (1): 20. doi:10.1186/s40644-016-0075-3. PMC 4971750. PMID 27487932.

[pmid27841124-2] Pracy P, Loughran S, Good J, Parmar S, Goranova R (May 2016). “Hypopharyngeal cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines”. J Laryngol Otol. 130 (S2): S104–S110. doi:10.1017/S0022215116000529. PMC 4873926. PMID 27841124.

[aaa-3] Hypopharyngeal cancer. Image courtesy of Radswiki Radiopaedia(original file “here”).Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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Hypopharyngeal cancer mri

Overview

MRI

References

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