title: Image findings of cranial nerve pathology on [18F]-2- deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computerized tomography (PET/CT): a pictorial essay.
abstract: This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of (18)F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize the primary and secondary (18)F -FDG-PET/CT findings of CN pathology, and illustrate the individual (18)F -FDG-PET/CT CN anatomy and pathology of 11 of the 12 CNs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, St Louis University, 3635 Vista Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA. oraslan@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Osama A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Raslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, St Louis University, 3635 Vista Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Razi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muzaffar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, St Louis University, 3635 Vista Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Vilaas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, St Louis University, 3635 Vista Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Medhat M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Osman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18