title: Melanoma metastases to palatine tonsils obscured by physiological FDG uptake on PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany. akramalibrahim@gmail.com
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Ibraheem
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Souvatzoglou
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwaiger
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18