Case Report: Nasal Cavity Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma With High Fluoro-D-Glucose Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a rare malignant neoplasm arising most frequently in the salivary glands and exceptionally in the nasal cavity. EMC accounts for ~1–2% of salivary gland tumors. Even if the nodal and distant metastasis rates are low, tumor staging remains indicated. Here,...

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Autores principales: Dzuko Kamga, Jacques, Leclere, Jean-Christophe, Uguen, Arnaud, Amrane, Karim, Abgral, Ronan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8724132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34993207
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.664520
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Sumario:Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a rare malignant neoplasm arising most frequently in the salivary glands and exceptionally in the nasal cavity. EMC accounts for ~1–2% of salivary gland tumors. Even if the nodal and distant metastasis rates are low, tumor staging remains indicated. Here, the authors present the 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-D-glucose PET-CT ((18)F-FDG-PET/CT) study of a very rare case of biopsy-proven EMC of the left nasal cavity. This (18)F-FDG-PET/CT was performed to stage this tumor and guide the therapeutic strategy due to an atypical high-grade presentation in immunohistochemistry. To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting such high (18)F-FDG avidity of EMC of the nasal cavity in PET/CT.

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