Pleomorphic adenoma other imaging findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maneesha Nandimandalam, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

FDG-PET scan is the other available imaging modality for pleomorphic adenoma.

FDG-PET imaging may also help in identifying pleomorphic adenoma though there is no much evidence, it may show some uptake.^[1].

↑ Matsuda M, Sakamoto H, Okamura T, Nakai Y, Ohashi Y, Kawabe J, Ochi H, Wakasa K (1998). “Positron emission tomographic imaging of pleomorphic adenoma in the parotid gland”. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 538: 214–20. PMID 9879424.