January 1, 2007Radiology Case ReportsOpen Access

Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Conflated with Pulmonary Embolism and Infarct on PET/CT

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1 47-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx presenting with a rapidly enlarging left…

Design

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Authors

PMPrakash ManoharanThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust PCPaul CroninEmory Healthcare RBRichard K. BrownMichigan Medicine

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May aid differentiation of cardiac metastasis from bland PE by SUV on PET/CT in oncology; leaves open prospective validation before wider use.

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Population

1 47-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx presenting with a rapidly enlarging left neck mass, hoarseness, dysphagia, and weight loss.

Intervention

FDG PET/CT and CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA)

Outcome

Identification and differentiation of metastatic right atrial mass and bland pulmonary embolism with infarct using standardized uptake value (SUV) and CT morphology.surrogate

FDG PET/CT staging in oncology patients can reveal critical incidental findings like pulmonary embolism and cardiac metastases, which can be differentiated by their distinct metabolic signatures (SUV).

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Manoharan et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e2f9818aa410e92b298dd https://doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v2i3.62

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May aid differentiation of cardiac metastasis from bland PE by SUV on PET/CT in oncology; leaves open prospective validation before wider use.

Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Conflated with Pulmonary Embolism and Infarct on PET/CT

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Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Conflated with Pulmonary Embolism and Infarct on PET/CT

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