title: Synchronous bilateral tonsillar carcinoma: role of fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography scanning in detecting occult primary tumours in metastatic nodal disease of the head and neck.
abstract: We present the second case of primary synchronous bilateral tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma reported in the English literature and evaluate the role of fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography scanning in the search for the occult primary tumour in a patient presenting with metastatic nodal disease in the head and neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Luton, UK. timothy.price@nhs.net
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pickles
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18