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Authored By: Keith Fischer and Chad Wright.

Patient: 66 year old male

History: 66-year-old man with right parotid gland squamous cell carcinoma status post radiation who presents with double vision. Recent MRI suggested perineural spread of tumor along the right V3 nerve.

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Contrast-enhanced MRI - T2 weighted axial image (left) and multiple serial post-contrast T1 weighted axial images (right)

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18F-FDG PET/CT - Axial CT (left), PET (middle), and fused PET/CT (right) images at the level of the skull base.

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18F-FDG PET/CT - Axial, sagittal and coronal fused PET/CT images demonstrating abnormally increased FDG uptake along the course of the right V3 nerve.

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18F-FDG PET fused with prior constrast-enhanced MRI - Axial PET (top), axial post-contrast T1 weighted MRI (middle), and fused PET/MRI (bottom) images at the level of the skull base.

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Case [View Case with Diagnosis]Owner(s): Keith Fischer and Chad WrightLast Updated: 02-07-2013
Anatomy: Cranium and Contents Pathology: Neoplasm
Modality: CT, MR, PETAccess Level: Readable and writable by Nuclear Medicine only

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Certified by Keith Fischer on 01-23-2013

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