F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging of submandibular gland oncocytoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Jul;33(7):472-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31817792b6.

Abstract

F-18 FDG PET/CT is used to evaluate head and neck malignancies, including salivary gland tumors. We describe the FDG PET/CT features of a submandibular gland oncocytoma. An 85-year-old patient with small cell cancer of the lung and a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip was evaluated with FDG PET/CT. There was an intensely hypermetabolic left submandibular gland lesion that was suspected for a metastasis. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate of the lesion proved to be a submandibular gland oncocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / diagnosis*
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lip Neoplasms / complications
  • Lip Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18