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10961809

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
This study was performed to evaluate the ability of a dual-head gamma camera with 18fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose coincidence detection emission tomography (FDG-CDET) to detect primary tumors in patients with cervical lymph node metastases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown origin. From 60 patients with untreated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, we selected 4 in whom no evidence of the primary's origin was found by the conventional methods used for the evaluation of head and neck tumors. In addition to the panendoscopy, chest radiography, a computed tomography (CT) scan, and FDG-CDET were performed. Both FDG-CDET and the CT scan located cervical lymph node metastases. In addition, FDG-CDET located the primary tumor in 3 of the 4 patients, and the tumors were confirmed with histopathologic findings. In contrast, the CT scan detected the primary tumor in none of them. FDG tomography performed on a coincidence gamma camera appears to be a successful new tool in detecting occult primary tumors in head and neck carcinoma, and is useful in guiding endoscopic biopsies. It has, further, the important potential ability to detect distant metastases on whole body images.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0003-4894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
755-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of a coincidence gamma camera to detect primary tumor with 18fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose in cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown origin.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie de la Face et du Cou, Faculté de Médecine Saint Antoine, Université Paris VI, Hôpital Tenon, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial