panendoscopy

A panendoscopy is a test to look at your upper airway. This includes your: mouth nose throat voice box top of your food pipe A specialist doctor does the test using a panendoscope, which is a series of connected telescopes. They look through one end and there is a camera and light at the other.  Why you have it You might have a panendoscopy to: get a more detailed look at an abnormal area  take tissue samples from an abnormal area (a biopsy) This is a common test if you have symptoms that could be due to head and neck cancer.  Before your test You