title: Ectopic mature cerebral tissue in the nasal cavity incidentally detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Herein we describe a rare case of neuroglial heterotopia (ectopic mature cerebral tissue) incidentally detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 52-year-old female patient underwent F-FDG PET/CT for metabolic characterization of a left pulmonary nodule. F-FDG PET/CT revealed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake corresponding to the pulmonary nodule pathologically described as adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, an area of increased F-FDG uptake corresponding to a lesion in the left nasal cavity was detected. Endoscopic biopsy of the nasal lesion showed the presence of ectopic mature cerebral tissue suggesting the presence of neuroglial heterotopia.
authors.affiliation: From the *Unit of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy; and §Unit of Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Angelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filice
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pernice
authors.forename: Annibale
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Versari
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paci
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapicetta
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sgarbi
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009457:Neuroglia; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18