Diagnosis of Laryngeal carcinoma

Laryngeal carcinoma Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

• Diagnosis - Laryngeal cancer
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Laryngeal cancer: Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Any hoarseness that lasts longer than 2 weeks requires visualization of the larynx by laryngoscopy. (See Staging laryngeal cancer, pages 66 and 67.)

CONFIRMING DIAGNOSIS Firm diagnosis also requires xeroradiography, biopsy, laryngeal tomography, computed tomography scan, or laryngography to define the borders of the lesion and chest X-ray to detect metastasis.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Laryngeal cancer: Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)

Any hoarseness that lasts longer than 2 weeks requires visualization of the larynx by laryngoscopy.

A firm diagnosis also requires xeroradiography, a biopsy, laryngeal tomography, computed tomography scan, or laryngography to define the borders of the lesion, and a chest X-ray to detect metastasis.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

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