Pleomorphic adenoma mimicking malignant tumor in the parapharyngeal space in a patient with gastric carcinoma

Woo Hee Choi; Yong An Chung; Hyung Sun Sohn; Young Hak Park; Sang In Shim

doi:10.1007/s13139-010-0024-1

Pleomorphic adenoma mimicking malignant tumor in the parapharyngeal space in a patient with gastric carcinoma

Woo Hee Choi
, Yong An Chung
, Hyung Sun Sohn
, Young Hak Park
, Sang In Shim

The Catholic University of Korea

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A 68-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy for stomach cancer. On the follow-up FDG PET/CT image 18 months later, intense focal ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake was noted in the right parapharyngeal space. This lesion showed intermediate signal intensity on T1-weighted image and heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted image. The mass was heterogenously enhanced by gadolinium enhancement. This lesion was pathologically confirmed as pleomorphic adenoma by excision. This case highlights the fact that both benign and malignant lesions in the parotid gland may exhibit intense FDG activity and the need for pathologic confirmation of parotid gland lesions for accurate disease staging.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-145
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-010-0024-1
State	Published - Jun 2010

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FDG-PET
Parapharyngeal space
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Pleomorphic adenoma mimicking malignant tumor in the parapharyngeal space in a patient with gastric carcinoma

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