title: Postoperative maxillary sinusitis mimicking tumor recurrence on positron emission tomography.
abstract: A significant overlap of standard uptake values occurs in a variety of pathological processes, potentially causing misdiagnosis for tumor recurrence. The authors present a case of acute maxillary sinusitis masquerading as local recurrence of malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmic Consultants of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Murchison
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cognetti
authors.forename: Jurij R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bilyk
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging