Pictorial Essay: Nonmalignant FDG Uptake in the Head and Neck Regions

Medhat M. Osman; Mark A. Varvares; Nghi C. Nguyen

doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2008.06.001

Pictorial Essay: Nonmalignant FDG Uptake in the Head and Neck Regions

Medhat M. Osman, Mark A. Varvares, Nghi C. Nguyen

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Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG plays an important growing rule in staging, restaging, monitoring treatment, and predicting prognosis in patients who have head and neck cancers. This article provides various examples of nonmalignant causes for FDG-avidity in the head and neck area.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	445-468
Number of pages	24
Journal	PET Clinics
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpet.2008.06.001
State	Published - Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

FDG PET/CT
Head and neck
Nonmalignant

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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