Imaging by MR (MRI) and esophageal barium meal of 17 cases of hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal cancer were analyzed.

Conclusion: X-ray barium meal signs and CT examination has each superiority. It's important to guide clinical therapy and judge prognostic using both of them.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic standard and clinical value of the ct scan with water-filling method in esophageal carcinoma with mediastinum viscera invasion.