Document Detail


Endotracheal metastasis from squamous cell cancer of the head and neck: PET/CT imaging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18431150     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Lung cancer is the main malignancy with frequent endotracheal and endobronchial dissemination. Extrapulmonary sources of airway metastasis are less common, predominantly seen with breast, colorectal, and renal neoplasms. Head and neck cancer represents only a small fraction of tumors with tracheal luminal metastasis. We present 2 such rare cases with F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging. These 2 companion cases show in one instance an obvious hypermetabolic endotracheal lesion and in the other one a discrete airway metastasis overlooked by chest CT and diagnosed by PET with coregistered CT.
Authors:
Ba D Nguyen; Panol C Ram; Michael C Roarke
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical nuclear medicine     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0363-9762     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Nucl Med     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-04-23     Completed Date:  2008-07-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7611109     Medline TA:  Clin Nucl Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  340-1     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA. nguyen.ba@mayo.edu
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*,  secondary*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Tracheal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Peri-aortofemoral prosthesis urinoma: diagnosis by Tc-99m MAG3 SPECT/CT and differentiation from sim...
Next Document:  Benign tongue FDG uptake in a patient with tardive dyskinesia.