Radiology Flashcards
Ix for suspected foreign body
Plain radiograph
Ix of dysphagia
Endoscopy - 1st line
Ba swallow - 2nd line
Malignancy discovered - MRI/CT
when is a Ba swallow first line
when pharyngeal pouches, oesophageal dysmotility is suspected
what is US used to investigate in ENT
Neck lumps
FNA of thyroid lumps
Salivary gland disease
Inflammatory masses
first link Ix for neck lumps
US guided FNA
what are the shape of normal lymph nodes and what is abnormal
normal - rugby ball
bad - football
Ix for thyroid mass
TFT
US
US w/ FNA is concerned its cancer
what can be a cause of a thyroid mass
colloid cyst
hyperplastic nodule
papillary carcinoma
what is IX for cancer staging in ENT
CT neck and chest
when would CT/MRI be used in the throat
vocal cord palsy
trauma
masses
when would CT/MRI be used in the ear
temporal bone for cholesteatoma, trauma, planning for auditory implants
when would CT/MRI be used in the nose
tumours
paranasal sinuses
when is CT better than MRI for staging cancer
CT better for imaging larynx
MRI better for skull base
Tx for sinus surgery
FESS
- Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
what imaging is used for deafness
MRI - sensorineural deafness
CT - conductive deafness
