The potential role of ultrasound in differentiating solid and cystic swellings of the true vocal fold

Rubin, John S.; Lee, Stuart; McGuinness, John; Hore, Ian; Hill, David L.; Berger, Leslie

doi:10.1016/s0892-1997(03)00035-3

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“…Previous studies in the literature have yielded promising results for high-frequency sonography in diagnosis of laryngeal carcinoma (153-155) However, the use of sonography in tumor staging is still limited. Since the 1970s, B-mode US imaging has been used with some success in the laryngeal area to identify mass and cystic lesions at the vocal folds (156) and to detect vocal fold paralysis (157,158); moreover, ultrasonography has been also used to evaluate laryngeal tumors in a few studies, and some of these have proved that ultrasonography could assist tumor staging in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer (155,159,160). It has been demonstrated that ultrasound has a similar role in the visualization of hypopharyngeal tumor to CAT (161), thus whether ultrasonography has similar ability in evaluating laryngeal cancer is worthy to be investigated.…”

Section: Ultrasoundmentioning

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Laryngeal preneoplastic lesions and cancer: challenging diagnosis. Qualitative literature review and meta-analysis.

Mannelli

Cecconi

Gallo

2016

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Abstract.Background: Multi-step cancerogenesis guides laryngeal cancer onset and it includes a wide variety of pre-cancerous lesions that are macroscopically challenging to identify and distinguish from initial cancerous foci. Since the treatment of laryngeal cancer and its precursor lesions has a great impact on important laryngeal basic functions, early detection and preoperative assessment are important for a curative and function-preserving therapy. Nowadays, despite the high number of more advanced diagnostic techniques and methods, unfortunately, it is not uncommon for different clinicians to use different nomenclature or to identify different stage for the same laryngeal lesion. From these observations, it is obvious that an instrument offering the possibility to detect precancerous lesions, early cancerous lesions, and satellite foci or second primaries would be the key to improving management and outcome in laryngeal patients. Object. Different modalities of diagnostic techniques of laryngeal lesions exist. Rather than difference between benign and obvious malignant diseases, more difficult is to detect the presence of precancerous epithelial alterations. Not all tests achieve the same diagnostic accuracy, hence this meta-analysis of literature aimed to synthesize the validity of each single diagnostic technique in identifying and staging laryngeal disease. Methods: A systematic review of literature was led searching for articles mentioning the following terms including their various combinations to maximize the yield: larynx, laryngeal precancerous lesions, laryngeal cancer, white light (WL) endoscopy, stroboscopy, contact endoscopy (CE), autofluorescence (AF), ultrasound (US), narrow band imaging (NBI), computed axial tomography (CAT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), CAT/PET. Then, a quantitative analysis was carried on for paper published after 2005 onward, reporting a minumun series of 10 patients each study, declaring sensitivity and specificity of each diagnostic system. Results: The search identified 7215 publications, of which 3616 published after 2005, with a final results of a total of 214 articles stratified and included by our selection criteria. 42 out of 214 articles were selected for quantitative synthesis. 25 out of 41 studies had a quality score of ≥ 6 (good), 16 presented a score between 4 and 5 (fair). While objections can be raised about the pooling of different diagnostic procedures under the same group and the high level of heterogeneity in the meta-analyses, the inclusion of over 4400 laryngeal lesions makes the results fairly robust. Conclusions: A comprehensive overview of the most recent advances in laryngeal imaging technology combined with all of the information needed to interpret findings and successfully manage patients with voice disorders can be found herein. With these data, clinicians can riskstratify patients and select proper examination modalities in order to provide appropriate care. Moreover, study limitations, together with p...

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Section: Ultrasoundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Laryngeal preneoplastic lesions and cancer: challenging diagnosis. Qualitative literature review and meta-analysis.

Mannelli

Cecconi

Gallo

2016

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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“…B-mode US imaging has been used with some success in the laryngeal area to identify mass and cystic lesions at the vocal folds (Rubin et al 2004;Schadel et al 2003) and to detect vocal fold paralysis (Vats et al 2004;Ooi et al 1995). Given its noninvasive nature and minimal disturbance to normal voice production, medical US imaging should be an ideal tool for studying vocal fold vibration.…”

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Dynamic B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging of Vocal Fold Vibration During Phonation

Tsai

Chen

Shau

et al. 2009

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

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“…In fact, the LUS allows the accurate measurements of the laryngeal anatomical structures and respiratory space [17] and can be used to describe changes of the anterior cricothyroid space during respiration and phonation [18], as well as the assessment of laryngeal closure and elevation during swallowing [19,20]. The capabilities of US in detecting laryngeal diseases are described in few studies where LUS findings have been investigated in combination with the indirect laryngoscopy [21][22][23]; LUS was considered a useful diagnostic tool for supplementing laryngoscopy. Despite its non-invasiveness, US is not the ''gold standard'' exam in pathologies of the larynx.…”

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Non-invasive assessment of benign vocal folds lesions in children by means of ultrasonography

Bisetti

Segala

Zappia³

et al. 2009

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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The potential role of ultrasound in differentiating solid and cystic swellings of the true vocal fold

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Laryngeal preneoplastic lesions and cancer: challenging diagnosis. Qualitative literature review and meta-analysis.

Laryngeal preneoplastic lesions and cancer: challenging diagnosis. Qualitative literature review and meta-analysis.

Dynamic B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging of Vocal Fold Vibration During Phonation

Non-invasive assessment of benign vocal folds lesions in children by means of ultrasonography

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