caa a22 4500 388083352 CHVBK 20180307125224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100143427 doi S0022215100143427 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100143427 Radiological staging of the chest and abdomen in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - are computed tomography and ultrasound necessary? [Elektronische Daten] The need for, and choice of, radiological staging investigations for distant metastases in the management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is a contentious issue. To address this problem a retrospective audit of routine computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasound scanning of the chest and abdomen respectively was undertaken. The records of 103 patients who, over a six and a half year period, underwent major surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were reviewed. A total of 57 patients (59 per cent) had CT scanning of the chest of whom two were identified as having synchronous tumours. In both cases, the lesions were identified on chest X-ray prior to scanning. Seventy patients (68 per cent) had routine ultrasound scanning of the abdomen. In none of these was metastatic disease identified. As a result of the audit findings routine CT and ultrasound scanning of the chest and abdomen has been discontinued. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Neoplasm staging nationallicence Carcinoma, squamous cell nationallicence Radiology nationallicence Nilssen E. L. K. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK. Murthy P. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK. McClymont L. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK. Denholm S. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/2(1999-02), 152-154 0022-2151 113:2<152 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143427 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143427 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nilssen E. L. K. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Murthy P. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McClymont L. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Denholm S. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/2(1999-02), 152-154 0022-2151 113:2<152 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge