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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
50 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2018-03-31
2019-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Laryngeal cancers account for about one quarter of all head and neck cancers, most of which affect the true vocal cords. Black men are affected more commonly than white men. The male to female incidence ratio is about 4:1.
Laryngeal cancer is the 19th most common cause of cancer death worldwide, with around 83,400 deaths from laryngeal cancer in 2012 (1% of total cancer deaths). Cancer of larynx is one of the most common malignancies in Europe, with about 52,000 new cases per year. The yearly incidence rate in Europe is about 8 per 100,000.
Different methods were used successfully for the diagnosis of many laryngeal diseases. Rigid endoscope was used for laryngeal evaluation with the advantage that the image is large, bright and clear which allows early diagnosis of the lesion (Shao et al, 2002).
Unfortunately, not all patients can tolerate the laryngoscope especially those with a sensitive gag reflex, patients with limit of jaw or neck mobility or patients suffering from stridor. It is also difficult in most infants and children .
Even during laryngoscopy the exact extension of laryngeal tumor, its infiltration and invasion of the laryngeal skeleton can sometimes be hard to assess. Thus, laryngoscopy alone may not be sufficient in some cases to judge the extent of infiltrative processes or measure the exact infiltration of a tumor. For this reason computed tomography (C.T) as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to supplement laryngoscope as an additional imaging tool in the estimation of tumor extension and size.
Ultrasonography is a non-invasive modality, available at almost all institutions, not expensive, easily reproducible method of examining the larynx in infants and children, can be used safely during pregnancy in contrast to scan, portable and can be easily transferred to patients with difficult mobilization.
Ultrasound became a very important, widely used diagnostic tool for head and neck diseases; however, it was rarely used in the diagnosis of laryngeal diseases. This was because of the problem in visualization of laryngeal structures and thus in performing a complete laryngeal sonographic examination due to the acoustic extinction of the ultrasound by the ossified laryngeal cartilages .
Researchers have recently used color Doppler imaging to study the surface mucosal waves of the vocal folds. During the last several years high-frequency ultrasound became an effective diagnostic tool with small, flexible ultrasound transducers .
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Interventions
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ultrasound
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* patients \> 65 years
* patients with spinal lesions who needs spinal immobilization
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Assiut University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mennat-Alllah Samy Abdelaziz
mennat-Allah Samy
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References
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Agrawal N, Ha PK. Management of early-stage laryngeal cancer. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2008 Aug;41(4):757-69, vi-vii. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.014.
3. Arruti, A. and Poumayrac, D.M., 2010. Larynx ultrasonography: an alternative technique in the evaluation of the aero-digestive crossroad. Rev Imagenol, 14(1), pp.30-6.
American Cancer Society, 2008. Cancer facts & figures. The Society.
Arens C, Eistert B, Glanz H, Waas W. Endolaryngeal high-frequency ultrasound. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 1998;255(5):250-5. doi: 10.1007/s004050050052.
Muscat JE, Liu HP, Livelsberger C, Richie JP Jr, Stellman SD. The nicotine dependence phenotype, time to first cigarette, and larynx cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Mar;23(3):497-503. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9909-x. Epub 2012 Feb 25.
Shao J, Stern J, Wang ZM, Hanson D, Jiang J. Clinical evaluation of 70 degrees and 90 degrees laryngeal telescopes. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Aug;128(8):941-4. doi: 10.1001/archotol.128.8.941.
Shau YW, Wang CL, Hsieh FJ, Hsiao TY. Noninvasive assessment of vocal fold mucosal wave velocity using color doppler imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2001 Nov;27(11):1451-60. doi: 10.1016/s0301-5629(01)00453-7.
Torre LA, Siegel RL, Ward EM, Jemal A. Global Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates and Trends--An Update. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Jan;25(1):16-27. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0578. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
12. Wendy, D., 2007. Laryngeal ultrasound provides non invasive assessment of vocal fold lesions. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 171, pp.631-647.
Wolf M, Primov-Fever A, Amir O, Jedwab D. The feasibility of rigid stroboscopy in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Aug;69(8):1077-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.03.004. Epub 2005 Mar 31.
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US in laryngeal lesions
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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