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Fig. 14

From: Vocal cord paralysis: anatomy, imaging and pathology

Fig. 14

Paratracheal lymph node metastasis from oesophageal carcinoma. A 53-year-old man with a history of heavy smoking and drinking presenting with left VCP. a Coronal contrast-enhanced CT images showed a mass in the left TE groove in the upper mediastinum in the course of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (arrow). b Sagittal fused FDG-PET-CT images showed avid FDG uptake in the mass (short arrow) and in a thickened portion of oesophagus just below the carina (long arrow). The patient was diagnosed with oesophageal carcinoma with left paratracheal lymph node metastasis causing left sided VCP

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