• 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008

The journal «ONCOSURGERY» 2013, Vol.5, No 4

Ultrasound diagnosis of tongue cancer

Stepanov SO, Mitina LA, Ratushnaya VV, Dolgachyova DV, Solovyev VA, Kolesnilova EV

P.A. Herzen Moscow Cancer Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Contact: Solovyev VA, e-mail:

Materials related to ultrasound diagnosis of malignant tumors of tongue and results of own studies are represented in the article.

The objective: to develop the technique of US imaging for diagnosis of malignant tongue tumors.

Materials and methods. We studied 20 patients with different changes of tongue mucous including tumors and inflammatory lesions.

Results. Ultrasound-based diagnosis of tumors of tongue mucosa was performed in 18 patients (90%) with following histological verification; in 1 patients (5%) with histologically verified tongue cancer there were no tumor lesions according to ultrasound imaging; in 1 patient (5%) changes of tongue mucosa and intermuscular fat were of inflammatory origin, which was confirmed by cytological study. According to results of the study the set of features of tongue cancer was determined.

Conclusion: ultrasound allows to image normal structures of oral cavity and to detect tumor lesions with its extension precisely.

KEY WORDS: ultrasound, tongue cancer, morphological verification.

References

  1. Malignant neoplasms in Russia in 2011. Edited by VI Chissov, VV Starinskiy, GV Petrova, Moscow, 2013.
  2. Atlas of oncolo-gicalsurgeries. Edited by VI Chissov, AKh Trakhtenberg, AI Paches, Moscow, 2008.
  3. Trojanowska A, Grzycka-Kowalczyk L, Trojanowski P, Klatka J, Drop A. Computed tomography perfusion examination is helpful in evaluating the extent of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer. Pol J Radiol, 2011; 76(1): 14-9.
  4. Doğan E, Sarıoğlu S, Ada E, Cetinayak HO, Erdağ TK, Ecevit MC, Güneri EA, Ikiz AO. Comparison of clinical and pathological staging in oral cavity cancers. Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg, 2012; 22(6): 305-10.
  5. Rumboldt Z, Al-Okaili R, Deveikis JP. Perfusion CT for head and neck tumors: pilot study. AJNR. Am J Neuroradiol, 2005; 26(5): 1178-85.
  6. Jung J, Cho NH, Kim J, Choi EC, Lee SY, Byeon HK, Park YM, Yang WS, Kim SH. Significant invasion depth of early oral tongue cancer originated from the lateral border to predict regional metastases and prognosis. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2009; 38(6): 653-60.
  7. Lwin CT, Hanlon R, Lowe D, Brown JS, Woolgar JA, Triantafyllou A, Rogers SN, Bekiroglu F, Lewis-Jones H, Wieshmann H, Shaw RJ. Accuracy of MRI in prediction of tumour thickness and nodal stage in oral squamous cell carcinoma. 2012; 48(2): 149-54.
  8. Nagasawa H. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of tongue cancer using intraoral high frequency probe. Kokubyo Gakkai Zasshi, 1999; 66(1): 98-106.
  9. Keberle M, Jenett M, Scharfenberger M, Hahn D. 3D power Doppler ultrasound: new possibilities in the diagnosis and documentation of tumors of the base of the tongue. Laryngorhinootologie, 2000; 79(4): 197-200.
  10. Koischwitz D, Gritzmann N. Ultrasound of the neck. Radiol Clin North Am, 2000; 38(5): 1029-45.
  11. Chikui T, Kawazu T, Nakamura K, Urashima Y, Yuasa K, Kanda S. Intraoral sonography features of tongue cancer after radical radiotherapy. Eur J Radiol, 2004; 52(3): 246-56.
  12. Yamane M, Ishii J, Izumo T, Nagasawa T, Amagasa T. Noninvasive quantitative assessment of oral tongue cancer by intraoral ultrasonography. Head Neck, 2007; 29(4): 307-14.
  13. Mark Taylor S, Drover C, Maceachern R, Bullock M, Hart R, Psooy B, Trites J. Is preoperative ultrasonography accurate in measuring tumor thickness and predicting the incidence of cervical metastasis in oral cancer? Oral Oncol, 2010; 46(1): 38-41.
  14. Yuen AP, Ng RW, Lam PK, Ho A. Preoperative measurement of tumor thickness of oral tongue carcinoma with intraoral ultrasonography. Head Neck, 2008; 30(2): 230-4.
  15. Keberle M, Jenett M, Hahn D. Clinical trial on the accuracy of a freehand and sensor-independent three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound system measuring diameters, volumes and vascularity of malignant primaries of the neck. Ultraschall Med, 2001; 22(2): 91-5.

P. 4-7

Publishers
«Oncokhirurgia Info»

10 Vostochnaia ul., suite 16, Moscow, 115280
Tel./fax: +7(499) 426-46-22
Tel.: +7(915) 356-03-07
E-mail:
URL: oncosurgery.oncology.ru


РСХО