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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

An MRI of the brain can be used to exclude CVA and mass lesions of the head and neck. It is more helpful in soft tissue margins which are causing pain in swallowing.

Uses of MRI

Use of MRI with or without contrast will help in following disorders causing odynophagia:

• lung cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Retropharyngeal abscess
• Supraglottic laryngeal cancer
• Intramural pseudodiverticulosis
•  Schatzki ring
• Opitz-Frias syndrome
• Elongated styloid process
•  Extreme spinal curvature
• Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
• Bronchial carcinoma
• Carcinoma of the vocal tract
• Carotid body tumor
• Esophageal cancer
• Gastric tumors
• Hypopharyngeal cancer
• Laryngeal cancer
• Oral cancer
• Palate cancer
• Supraglottic laryngeal cancer