title: Multiple organ metastases from ameloblastoma detected by FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: A 74-year-old patient was admitted to our hospital with recurrent ameloblastoma of the right mandible. Multiple lung nodules were noted during the presurgical evaluation. FDG PET/CT was subsequently performed to assess the nature of the nodules and search the possible primary tumors. The images showed abnormal FDG activity not only in the lung nodules but also in the lumbar vertebral body and the liver. Pathologic examination after hepatic biopsy demonstrated metastases from ameloblastoma.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18