A Case of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Scattered Metastases

• 作者: Akira Toriihara Kiyoshi Harada Kou Kayamori Shin Nakamura Tadanobu Aragaki Tohru Kurabayashi Yasuyuki Michi
• 来源期刊: 放射学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Oral Cancer DISTANT Metastasis PET/CT AUTOPSY VASCULAR INVASION
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（3）
• 页码范围: 270-274
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

We experienced a case of oral squamous cell carcinoma of the mandible with scattered distant metastases. After neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, the patient underwent segmental resection of the right mandible and right radical neck dissection. Surgical specimens confirmed remarkable nodal metastases. Unfortunately, the patient experienced a rapid fatal outcome, and numerous distant metastases were detected on autopsy. Moreover, postoperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography/computed tomography detected systemic distant metastases in this case. In our opinion, the use of preoperative FDG-PET/CT should be considered for patients with suspected poor prognoses.