title: Unusual F-18 FDG Uptake at the Ears of a Patient with Discoid Lupus Erythematosus Diskoid Lupus Eritamatozus.
abstract: A 55-year-old patient, who had undergone excisional biopsy of upper lip two years ago and diagnosed to have squamous cell carcinoma, was referred to us for evaluation with Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT (F-18 FDG-PET/CT) scan. F-18 FDG-PET/CT scan was performed and the maximum intensity projection images (MIP) showed unusual FDG uptake at both ears. Histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen obtained from the ears revealed discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE).
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Okmeydanı Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozülker
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozülker
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cebeci
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somay
authors.forename: Mehmet Tarık
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tatoğlu
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozpaçacı
keywords: Positron-emission tomography; discoid; fluorodeoxyglucose F-18; lupus erythematosus