Squamous cell carcinoma of the bulbar conjunctiva seen on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Amir G. Abdelmalik; Patricio Fajnwaks; Medhat M. Osman; Nghi C. Nguyen

doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181f9df9e

Squamous cell carcinoma of the bulbar conjunctiva seen on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Amir G. Abdelmalik, Patricio Fajnwaks, Medhat M. Osman, Nghi C. Nguyen

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Abstract

A 65-year-old man with left orbital mass and recent vision loss underwent FDG PET/CT, which showed intensely FDG-avid anterior left orbital mass invading the periorbital soft tissue. Enlarged left retromandibular, mediastinal, and abdominal lymph nodes with intense FDG uptake were suspicious for malignancy. Left orbital exenteration revealed moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Fine needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes revealed inflammatory processes; therefore, the left retromandibular lymph node was felt to be benign and no biopsy was performed. However, follow-up PET/CT demonstrated significant increase in size and uptake of the left retromandibular lymph node, which was proven metastatic in subsequent biopsy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	962-964
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	35
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181f9df9e
State	Published - Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

bulbar conjunctiva
F-18 FDG PET/CT
squamous cell carcinoma

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the bulbar conjunctiva seen on F-18 FDG PET/CT

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