TY - JOUR
T1 - Ectopic Salivary Gland in a Patient with Prostate Cancer at 18F-Choline PET/CT
T2 - An Incidental Finding
AU - Cuppari, Lea
AU - Evangelista, Laura
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - A 65-year-old man with prostate cancer surgically treated in June 2016 underwent 18F-choline PET/CT in April 2017 for a biochemical recurrence of disease. PET/CT revealed a high tracer uptake in a solid nodulation near the left masseter muscle with a high SUVmax. The patient underwent both ultrasonography examination and fine needle aspiration cytology that confirmed the presence of an ectopic salivary gland. This case highlights that, in patients undergoing choline PET/CT, a careful analysis of the physiological biodistribution should be made by considering also the presence of accessory salivary glands.
AB - A 65-year-old man with prostate cancer surgically treated in June 2016 underwent 18F-choline PET/CT in April 2017 for a biochemical recurrence of disease. PET/CT revealed a high tracer uptake in a solid nodulation near the left masseter muscle with a high SUVmax. The patient underwent both ultrasonography examination and fine needle aspiration cytology that confirmed the presence of an ectopic salivary gland. This case highlights that, in patients undergoing choline PET/CT, a careful analysis of the physiological biodistribution should be made by considering also the presence of accessory salivary glands.
KW - choline
KW - PET/CT
KW - Physiological distribution
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002146
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002146
M3 - Article
C2 - 29847318
AN - SCOPUS:85050099560
VL - 43
SP - 593
EP - 594
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
SN - 0363-9762
IS - 8
ER -