¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT to differentiate malignant necrotic lymph node from benign cystic lesions in the neck

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• 作者：Peymaneh Abadi ; Allan Johansen ; Christian Godballe ; Oke Gerke…
• 关键词：Neck cyst ; Branchial cleft cyst ; Necrotic lymph node ; Cervical metastasis ; FDG PET/CT ; PET/CT in cervical cystic lesions
• 刊名：Annals of Nuclear Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：31
• 期：2
• 页码：101-108
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• 刊物主题：Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology;
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1864-6433
• 卷排序：31

文摘

ObjectivePatients presenting with cystic lesions in the neck without obvious signs of malignancy constitute a diagnostic challenge since fine needle aspiration is often insufficient and a diagnosis may not be reached until surgical resection/biopsy is performed. The differential diagnosis of a cystic cervical mass comprises a variety of benign conditions, but malignancy must be ruled out. We examined the diagnostic performance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT to identify malignancy.