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Anales de Otorrinolaringología Mexicana

2014, Number 3

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Otorrinolaringología 2014; 59 (3)

Uvula Tumor as the Primary of Unknown Origin Cervical Metastasis

Díez-González L, Nijim-Nijim H, Elhendi-Halawa W

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 213-216
PDF size: 366.36 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Uvula primary carcinomas are rare tumors, and they are, even in early stages, very aggressive because of the high incidence of cervical metastasis. We report a case of primary carcinoma of the uvula diagnosed by positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) during the study of cervical metastasis of occult primary. The PET-CT has become a useful test in patients with cervical metastasis from primary carcinomas of the head and neck of unknown origin, combining metabolic information from positron emission tomography and anatomic information of computed tomography.


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