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Giorgio Treglia1, Luca Ceriani, Jessica Barizzi
1From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; †Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland; and ‡Chair of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Abstract:
We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil incidentally detected by F-choline PET/CT. A 55-year-old male patient with a history of prostate cancer underwent F-choline PET/CT for restaging. PET/CT revealed a focal area of increased F-choline uptake corresponding to the left tonsil. No other areas of abnormal F-choline uptake were detected in the rest of the body. Based on these PET/CT findings, the patient underwent clinical examination and biopsy of the left tonsil. Histology demonstrated the presence of a squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil.
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