A case report highlights tongue uptake of radiotracer in a woman, suggesting potential malignancy implications.
A 74-year-old woman underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT scan for the diagnostic work-up of multiple myeloma. Unexpectedly, intense radiotracer uptake in the tongue suspicious for malignancy, which was histopathologically confirmed as a parakeratotic squamous epithelial proliferation without cytologic atypia.
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