Younis Muhammad Numair, Shahid Abubaker
Department Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology- INMOL, Lahore.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Sep;69(9):1403.
Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (18FDG PET-CT) is routinely used for post treatment monitoring of oral cavity cancers. In addition to physiological uptake of 18FDG, apposition of anatomical structures poses a big challenge in accurate localization of pathology in oral cavity that is further complicated by surgery and/or radiotherapy related distortion. Case of recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of tongue is being presentedin a patient who underwent 18FDG PET-CT for post treatment monitoring. Simple 'Puffed Cheek' maneuver helped in accurately localizing tumour recurrence site within the retro-molar trigone.
氟-18氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描计算机断层扫描(18FDG PET-CT)常用于口腔癌治疗后的监测。除了18FDG的生理性摄取外,口腔内解剖结构的重叠给准确确定病变位置带来了巨大挑战,而手术和/或放疗相关的变形使这一情况更加复杂。本文介绍了一例舌部复发性鳞状细胞癌(SCC)患者,该患者接受了18FDG PET-CT进行治疗后监测。简单的“鼓起脸颊”动作有助于准确确定磨牙后三角区内的肿瘤复发部位。