CASE
HISTORY / CLINIC:
59-year-old heavy smoker with severe difficulty in swallowing.
FINDINGS:
The CT
image at the level of the larynx after contrast administration demonstrates
a mass around
the right vocal cord which extends from the arytenoid
cartilage/cricoid cartilage to the ventral
commissure (below).
The
lowest portion of the arytenoid cartilage and of the cricoid cartilage on
the right side appear hypersclerosized in the bony window (below), indicating
possible invasion of cartilage.
DIAGNOSIS:
Larynx
carcinoma with invasion of cartilage (T4)
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Other
malignant laryngeal tumors
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