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Table 1 The distribution of underlying malignancy for VCP

From: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography [18F-FDG PET CT] in assessment of patients with vocal cord paralysis [VCP] secondary to extra laryngeal neoplastic causes: How is it reliable?

Diagnosis

No.

%

Right lung cancer

5

10.0

Left lung cancer

26

52.0

Thyroid cancer

4

8.0

Aortopulmonary cancer

1

2.0

Esophageal carcinoma

3

6.0

Lymphoma

3

6.0

Metastatic mediastinal LNs from breast cancer

3

6.0

Metastatic mediastinal lymphadenopathies

1

2.0

Right lung cancer with Metastatic mediastinal lymphadenopathies

1

2.0

Right parahilar lung carcinoma

1

2.0

Infilterative tracheal neoplasm

1

2.0

Metastatic lymph nodes

1

2.0

Total

50

100.0