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.
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.
Price
T
T
Department of ENT, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Luton, UK. timothy.price@nhs.net
Pickles
J
J
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
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18