Tongue Uptake of 18F-FDG on PET/CT Mimicking Malignancy.

Okudan, Berna; Albayrak, Aynur; Seven, Bedri; Ceran, Funda · Clin Nucl Med · 2026

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 74-year-old woman underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan for the diagnostic work-up of multiple myeloma. Unexpectedly, intense radiotracer uptake in the tongue suspicious for malignancy, which was histopathologically confirmed as a parakeratotic squamous epithelial proliferation without cytologic atypia.

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