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Eighteen patients (five normal and thirteen pathological) larynx were evaluated with high-resolution computed tomography (CT). In normal larynx CT helped us to show those areas which are invisible or difficult to examine by clinical examination, direct laryngoscopy, and conventional radiology e.g. pre-epiglotic space, paraglottic space, and the laryngeal framework. In pathological conditions, CT provided informations regarding deep penetration and inferior extension of tumour, cartilaginous invasion or laryngeal neoplasm from those arising from adjacent extralaryngeal structures. Though early invasion of laryngeal cartilage by neoplasm may occasionally be difficult with CT, yet it helped to determine the type of management in these types of cases.
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Dubey, S.P., Ganguly, K., Mehra, Y.N. et al. Computed tomography of larynx in normal and pathological conditions. Indian J Otolaryngol 41, 9–15 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02994031
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