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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Makis, William
• Ciarallo, Anthony
• Abikhzer, Gad
• Rush, Christopher
• Laufer, Jerome
• Stern, Jerry

Titel

Submandibular salivary gland transfer: a pitfall in head and neck imaging with F-18 FDG PET/CT

Ist Teil von

• Clinical nuclear medicine, 2011-08, Vol.36 (8), p.712-716

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Xerostomia is a significant morbidity of radiation treatment in the management of head and neck cancers. To preserve salivary function, a surgical technique has been developed that involves the transfer of one submandibular gland to the ipsilateral submental space, where it can be shielded during radiation therapy. F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging characteristics of recently or remotely transferred submandibular glands have not been previously described in the literature. We report 2 cases of patients with surgically transferred submandibular glands, which highlight a potential pitfall in the interpretation of PET/CT of the head and neck region in oncologic patients.