Case Report

Diagnosis of Bilateral Tonsil Cancers via Staging PET/CT: Case Report and Review

Figure 2

(a) Coronal FDG PET showing bilateral but asymmetric tonsillar FDG avidity. The patient had undergone diagnostic right tonsillectomy prior to this PET/CT study. However, peak SUV in the contralateral left palatine tonsil measured 8.7. (b) Axial CT showing pronounced left-sided tonsillar enlargement corresponding to the high FDG avidity.
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