Amoebic abscess diagnosed on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan in patient with recurrent oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

J Clin Oncol. 2011 May 1;29(13):e365-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.3237. Epub 2011 Feb 7.

Authors

Wulfran Cacheux¹, Vincent Servois, Benoit Paulmier, Jacques Girodet, Fereshteh Farkhondeh, Slavomir Petras

Affiliation

¹ Institut Curie, Paris, France.

PMID: 21300927
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.3237

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Amebiasis / diagnostic imaging*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Male
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / complications*
Positron-Emission Tomography*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18