Diagnosis of Bilateral Tonsil Cancers via Staging PET/CT: Case Report and Review

Diagnostic workup of metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site has traditionally included CT and/or MRI imaging and endoscopic biopsies. Routine bilateral tonsillectomy is highly controversial and the role of PET/CT is evolving, both for identification of potential pri...

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Autores principales: Mannina, Edward M., Pejavar, Sunanda M., Glastonbury, Christine M., van Zante, Annemieke, Wang, Steven J., Yom, Sue S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21785599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/928240
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author Mannina, Edward M.
Pejavar, Sunanda M.
Glastonbury, Christine M.
van Zante, Annemieke
Wang, Steven J.
Yom, Sue S.
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description Diagnostic workup of metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site has traditionally included CT and/or MRI imaging and endoscopic biopsies. Routine bilateral tonsillectomy is highly controversial and the role of PET/CT is evolving, both for identification of potential primary sites and the detection of distant metastases. We report a case of cervical nodal metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site, in which dual-modality PET/CT led to the unexpected diagnosis of synchronous bilateral tonsillar cancers. In addition, PET/CT correctly distinguished pulmonary sarcoidosis from metastatic disease in this patient.
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spelling pubmed-31391342011-07-22 Diagnosis of Bilateral Tonsil Cancers via Staging PET/CT: Case Report and Review Mannina, Edward M. Pejavar, Sunanda M. Glastonbury, Christine M. van Zante, Annemieke Wang, Steven J. Yom, Sue S. Int J Otolaryngol Case Report Diagnostic workup of metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site has traditionally included CT and/or MRI imaging and endoscopic biopsies. Routine bilateral tonsillectomy is highly controversial and the role of PET/CT is evolving, both for identification of potential primary sites and the detection of distant metastases. We report a case of cervical nodal metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site, in which dual-modality PET/CT led to the unexpected diagnosis of synchronous bilateral tonsillar cancers. In addition, PET/CT correctly distinguished pulmonary sarcoidosis from metastatic disease in this patient. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3139134/ /pubmed/21785599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/928240 Text en Copyright © 2011 Edward M. Mannina et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mannina, Edward M.
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Diagnosis of Bilateral Tonsil Cancers via Staging PET/CT: Case Report and Review
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title_sort diagnosis of bilateral tonsil cancers via staging pet/ct: case report and review
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