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Diagnostic Yield and Therapeutic Impact of Face and Neck Imaging in Patients Referred with Otalgia without Clinically Overt Disease

E. Ainsworth, I. Pai, M. Kathirgamanathan and S.E.J. Connor
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6760
E. Ainsworth
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.A., M.K., S.E.J.C.)
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bOtolaryngology (I.P.), Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
cSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Clinical Academic Group (I.P., S.E.J.C.)
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aFrom the Departments of Radiology (E.A., M.K., S.E.J.C.)
cSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Clinical Academic Group (I.P., S.E.J.C.)
dDepartment of Neuroradiology (S.E.J.C.), King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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    Table 1:

    Otalgia with UAT symptoms—Symptom type and number

    UAT SymptomsNo.Percentage
    Total87100
    Odynophagia6474
    Dysphagia78
    Globus67
    Voice change56
    Nasal blockage22
    Epistaxis22
    Anosmia11
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    Table 2:

    Otalgia with other symptoms—Symptom type and incidence

    Other SymptomsNo.Percentage
    Total84100
    Neck pain and/or swelling3137
    Facial pain1619
    Headache1113
    Tinnitus89
    Hearing loss67
    Vertigo45
    Facial weakness and/or numbness45
    Trismus34
    Contralateral neck pain11
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    Categories of FNE findings

    BenignIndeterminateDiagnostic
    Reinke edema, candida, presbylaryngitis, interarytenoid edema, laryngopharyngeal reflux, rhinitis, lingual hyperplasiaPooling in pyriform fossae, foci of soft-tissue prominence, asymmetry within the nasopharynx and/or larynx, shallow ulcerationMasses; ulcerated lesions; fixed, edematous vocal cords
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