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Head and Neck Carcinoma

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History: Patient presented with dysphonia, dysphagia, hoarseness, weight loss, and bilateral cervical adenopathy. On fiber-optic exam, he was found to have a large left true vocal cord lesion extending into the false vocal cord. There was obstruction of approximately 75% of the lumen of the airway. CT scan showed a large mass in the left vocal cord region.

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Mihailovic, J., Goldsmith, S.J., Goldsmith, S.J., Killeen, R.P. (2012). Head and Neck Carcinoma. In: FDG PET/CT in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29866-0_4

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