title: The use of positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the assessment of trismus associated with head and neck malignancy.
abstract: The assessment of head and neck cancer has traditionally involved clinical examination and anatomical imaging by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present a case where a problem of clinical confusion and inconclusive radiology was resolved by the use of positron emission tomography (PET) coregistered with CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Tierney
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014313:Trismus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery