Significance of computed tomography in the assessment of invasiveness of malignant tumors of upper respiratory tract

In the work there are summarized the results of the examination of the 112 patients with the malignant neoplasms of larynx (70), pharynx (24), rhinopharynx with spreading to the cells of ethmoidal labyrinth and maxillary sinus (18), aged from 14 till 69. There are described the methods of computed tomography. There are show the possibilities computed tomography in estimation of the localization specification, prevalence, structure, degree of invasion into the neoplasms gathering round the cells, as well as the definition of the bony destruction.