title: Pictorial Essay: Nonmalignant FDG Uptake in the Head and Neck Regions.
abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG plays an important growing rule in staging, restaging, monitoring treatment, and predicting prognosis in patients who have head and neck cancers. This article provides various examples of nonmalignant causes for FDG-avidity in the head and neck area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Saint Louis University, 3635 Vista at Grand, FDT-2, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: mosman@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Medhat M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Saint Louis University, 3635 Vista at Grand, FDT-6, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Varvares
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Saint Louis University, 3635 Vista at Grand, FDT-2, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Nghi C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nguyen
keywords: FDG PET/CT; Head and neck; Nonmalignant