Open AccessMarked uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose in a vocal cord after medialization: Acute and subacute positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings
Author(s) -
Salih Özgüven,
Fuat Dede,
Tanju Yusuf Erdıl,
Halil Turgut Turoğlu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.142656
Subject(s) - medicine , hypermetabolism , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , positron emission , fluorodeoxyglucose , nuclear medicine , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , cord , tomography , surgery
A 60-year-old male who underwent left upper lobectomy because of recently diagnosed lung cancer was admitted to the nuclear medicine department. A whole body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) that was performed for staging purposes, revealed an intense hypermetabolism in left vocal cord region corresponding with hyperdense mass-like material on CT scan.