2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR

IMAGING: PET-CT / FDG-PET

PET-CT D ETECTION RATE OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR: 24.5% ( SENSITIVITY 88.3%, SPECIFICITY 74.9%, DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY 78.8% )

TONSILS: HIGHEST FALSE-POSITIVE (39.3%), THE LOWEST SENSITIVITY RATE WAS FOR THE BASE OF THE TONGUE (80.5%)

Rusthoven KE et al., Cancer 2004

FDG-PET/CT ON THE LOCATION OF THE PRIMARY SITE : TONSIL 6.9%, BASE OF TONGUE 9.8%, AND PHARYNX 13.7%. FALSE-POSITIVE: 41.6%, 16.7%, AND 12.5%, RESPECTIVELY SENSITIVITY: 87.5%, 83.3%, AND 87.5%, RESPECTIVELY

Zhu et al., Surg Oncol 2013

COMPARISON BETWEEN FDG-PET AND FDG-PET/CT : THE LATTER HAD A HIGHER SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY

Dong et al.,Nucl Med Commun 2008

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