Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) in Head and Neck Pathology

• 作者: Claudia Tamara Ines Velez Luis A. Tamara
• 来源期刊: 放射学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: PET CT POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Head and NECK Cancer.
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（1）
• 页码范围: 9-16
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Cancer of the head and neck is often devastating and the morbidity associated with its treatment is substantial. Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) combines the power of biological / molecular imaging with the anatomic detail of CT in order to provide a very sensitive and specific imaging tool for the evaluation of head and neck pathology. PET can aid the clinician in establishing diagnosis, staging, (It has been shown to be more accurate than CT), assessing, prognosis and determining response to therapy. Lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, salivary gland tumors, odontogenic carcinomas, soft tissue sarcomas, thyroid, parathyroid, lacrimal gland and bone / cartilage tumors are some of the entities where PET-CT may be useful. (Tumors of salivary glands and of odontogenic tissue are particularly difficult to diagnose due to the relative infrequency when compared with other tumors and the extremely vast histologic variation).It is important to note that carcinoma metastasis, is the most common malignancy found within the mandibular bone. PET-CT and skeletal scintigraphy are both very sensitive and specific in these types of patients.