title: Neurothekeoma of the tongue: CT, MR, and FDG PET imaging findings.
abstract: We report CT, MR, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging findings of a case of cellular neurothekeoma of the tongue, a rare benign soft-tissue tumor with neural differentiation, occurring in a 15-year-old girl. CT and MR imaging showed a well-defined, well-enhancing submucosal soft-tissue mass in the midline dorsal tongue. There was high FDG uptake on PET scans. Although imaging findings are rather nonspecific, neurothekeoma may be one of diagnostic inclusions of soft-tissue masses of the tongue in a young female patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hyungkim@smc.samsung.co.kr
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001786:Blood Glucose; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18