The Important Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Cancer in the Oral Cavity Using 18F-FDG-PET-CT

Shinji Kito, Hirofumi Koga, Masafumi Oda, Tatsurou Tanaka, Masaaki Kodama, Manabu Habu, Ikuya Miyamoto, Shinya Kokuryo, Noriaki Yamamoto, Shinobu Matsumoto-Takeda, Daigo Yoshiga, Takanobu Nishino, Shun Nishimura, Naomi Yada, Noriaki Kawanabe, Kou Matsuo, Masataka Uehara, Masaaki Sasaguri, Tetsuro Konoo, Izumi YoshiokaKazuhiro Tominaga, Yasuhiro Morimoto

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Recently, a considerable amount of research has focused on the use of positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18-labeled (18F) fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) as an important oncologic imaging tool in the oral and maxillofacial region. PET using 18F-FDG is especially useful to differentiate benign or malignant primary tumors in oral cancer. However, the normal anatomy of the oral and maxillofacial region is very complex, and substantial variations in uptake are observed in and around the oral cavity. Therefore, there were some cases of oral cancer which were difficult for radiologists to diagnose precisely. In this review, we discuss why normal tissues, dental-related metal artifacts, and dental infections are considered to be the important pitfalls in the diagnosis of primary oral cancers using 18F-FDG-PET-CT.

本文言語English
ホスト出版物のタイトルHorizons in Cancer Research
出版社Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
ページ85-96
ページ数12
57
ISBN(電子版)9781634825115
ISBN(印刷版)9781634824989
出版ステータスPublished - 4月 1 2015

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  • 医学(全般)

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