TY - JOUR
T1 - Normal uptake of F-18 FDG in the sublingual gland
AU - Bogsrud, Trond Velde
AU - Karantanis, Dimitris
AU - Lowe, Val J.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - A symmetric inverted "V" pattern of high uptake in the floor of the mouth is a consistent normal finding on F-18 FDG PET. There is no general agreement on the nature of this highly FDG-avid structure. Mylohyoid muscle, insertion site of the genioglossus muscle, other intrinsic tongue muscles, and the sublingual gland have been suggested. I-123 SPECT and F-18 FDG PET scans were performed on the same day in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Both the I-123 SPECT and F-18 FDG PET showed the same inverted "V" pattern in the floor of the mouth, corresponding to the sublingual gland typically seen on magnetic resonance imaging.
AB - A symmetric inverted "V" pattern of high uptake in the floor of the mouth is a consistent normal finding on F-18 FDG PET. There is no general agreement on the nature of this highly FDG-avid structure. Mylohyoid muscle, insertion site of the genioglossus muscle, other intrinsic tongue muscles, and the sublingual gland have been suggested. I-123 SPECT and F-18 FDG PET scans were performed on the same day in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Both the I-123 SPECT and F-18 FDG PET showed the same inverted "V" pattern in the floor of the mouth, corresponding to the sublingual gland typically seen on magnetic resonance imaging.
KW - F-18 FDG
KW - Positron emission tomography
KW - Sublingual gland
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U2 - 10.1097/01.rlu.0000191786.35378.47
DO - 10.1097/01.rlu.0000191786.35378.47
M3 - Article
C2 - 16374130
AN - SCOPUS:29444450558
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 31
SP - 50
JO - Clinical nuclear medicine
JF - Clinical nuclear medicine
IS - 1
ER -