title: F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging of submandibular gland oncocytoma.
abstract: F-18 FDG PET/CT is used to evaluate head and neck malignancies, including salivary gland tumors. We describe the FDG PET/CT features of a submandibular gland oncocytoma. An 85-year-old patient with small cell cancer of the lung and a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip was evaluated with FDG PET/CT. There was an intensely hypermetabolic left submandibular gland lesion that was suspected for a metastasis. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate of the lesion proved to be a submandibular gland oncocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Rathan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Durnick
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Peller
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18