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Head & Neck

Reviewed: 19 July 2005

Parotid & Submandibular Gland

  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Cytology, Agency cytology printout
  4. Information re: other malignancies
  5. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray

Thyroid

  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Laboratory reports
    1. thyroglobulin, TSH
    2. calcium and phosphates in serum
  4. Information re: other malignancies
  5. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. nuclear scan

Mouth

(tongue 2/3 ant., floor of mouth, buccal mucosa, lip, upper and lower alveolus)
  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. mandible X-ray (if done)
    2. chest X-ray

Palate

  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. CT scan
    3. sinuses and hard palate
    4. polytomous

Nasopharynx

  1. Operative reports
    1. EUA
  2. Lab reports
    1. E-B virus serology
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. base of skull
    3. CT scan base of skull
    4. soft tissue of neck
    5. polytomous of base of skull

Oropharynx

(base of tongue, soft palate, tonsil, vallecula, post. wall of pharynx)
  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. soft tissue of neck
    3. ultrasound of neck in base of tongue lesions

Hypopharynx

(pyriform fossae, post. wall of pharynx, post cricoid, larynx)
  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. tomos of larynx
    3. soft tissues of neck
    4. CT scan of neck - need in T3 lesions

Nose & Antrum

  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. polytomous of sinuses
    3. CT scan sinuses

Ear

  1. Pathology reports
  2. Operative reports
  3. Information re: other malignancies
  4. Imaging reports
    1. chest X-ray
    2. CT scan skull - Temporal Bone
    3. Polytomous
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