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Radiology Quiz Case 1
Wu-Chia Lo, MD;
Chung-Han Hsin, MD;
Shiann-Yann Lee, MD;
Po-Wen Cheng, MD, PhD
National Taiwan University Hospital (Drs Lo and Lee), Far Eastern Memorial Hospital (Dr Cheng), and Oriental Institute of Technology (Dr Cheng), Taipei, and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung (Dr Hsin), Taiwan
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(9):1008.
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A 34-year-old woman presented with complaints of progressive odynophagia and dysphagia after having lunch 3 days earlier. Since then, she had eaten a soft diet despite some swallowing difficulty. Her medical and family histories were unremarkable. On physical examination, she was afebrile and her general appearance was good. Laryngoscopy revealed no abnormalities in the tonsils, tongue base, or hypopharynx, and there was no evidence of saliva pooling in her piriform sinuses. No mass was palpable in her neck.
The results of a complete blood cell count and blood chemistry profile were all within normal limits except for mild leukocytosis (leukocytes, 10 500/µL [to convert to x109/L, multiply by 0.001]). A lateral neck x-ray film was obtained (Figure 1). Rigid esophagoscopy with the patient under general anesthesia, which was performed on the day of presentation, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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