The Clinical Significance of Incidental Parotid Uptake in a PET/CT Study: A Diagnostic Algorithm.

CONCLUSION: In patients with malignancy elsewhere, focal involvement of FDG by the parotid gland, especially if malignant melanoma or SCC is absent, should not be considered a metastatic disease without histopathologic confirmation. If parotid disease would change the patient's treatment plan and disease stage, the parotid lesion should be evaluated by additional methods, such as fine needle aspiration biopsy. PMID: 31989884 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Medical Imaging Reviews - Category: Radiology Tags: Curr Med Imaging Rev Source Type: research