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Table 6 Identification rate of lingual tonsillectomy in the presences of other findings

From: The role of transoral robotic surgery, transoral laser microsurgery, and lingual tonsillectomy in the identification of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin: a systematic review

Author

Physical Exam

DI (CT/MRI)

PET/CT

PE/DI/PET-CT

EUA with biopsy

+

-

+

-

+

-

+

-

+

-

Abuzeid et al. [26]

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

Blanco et al. [28]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Durmus et al. [18]

0/0 (0 %)

4/14 (29 %)

0/0 (0 %)

4/14 (29 %)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Karni et al. [16]

0/0 (0 %)

11/18 (61 %)

0/0 (0 %)

11/18 (61 %)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mehta et al. [19]

0/0 (0 %)

9/10 (90 %)

0/0 (0 %)

9/10 (90 %)

4/4 (100 %)

5/6 (83 %)

4/4 (100 %)

5/6 (83 %)

0/0 (0 %)

9/10 (90 %)

Mourad et al. [27]

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

-

-

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

1/1 (100 %)

0/0 (0 %)

Nagel et al. [17]

0/0 (0 %)

13/19 (68 %)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8/14 (57 %)

Patel et al. [15]

-

-

-

-

-

-

13/25 (52 %)

8/16 (50 %)

-

-

Total

1/1 (100 %)

38/62 (61 %)

1/1 (100 %)

24/42 (57 %)

6/6 (100 %)

5/6 (83 %)

19/31 (61 %)

13/22 (59 %)

1/1 (100 %)

18/25 (72 %)

  1. Abbreviations: DI diagnostic imaging, CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, PE physical examination, PET positron emission tomography, EUA panendoscopic examination under anesthesia