Clinical Applications of FDG PET and PET/CT in Head and Neck Cancer

Figure 2

A 61-year-old man presented with right side cervical lymphadenopathy proved to be carcinoma of unknown primary. Patient underwent PET/CT to reveal primary tumor. Axial PET, CT, PET/CT, and maximum intensity projection (MIP) images are shown. PET/CT showed asymmetrical FDG uptake in the palatine tonsils with intense FDG uptake in the right tonsil (black arrow) as well as multiple hypermetabolic cervical lymph nodes in the right side (red arrows). This patient subsequently underwent surgical resection and histopathology revealed squamous cell carcinoma in the right tonsil. PET/CT was valuable in revealing the primary tumor in this case.