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Normal FDG Distribution Patterns in the Head and Neck: PET/CT Evaluation

Yuji Nakamoto, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Dima A. Hammoud, Christian Cohade, Medhat Osman, Richard L. Wahl

Radiology · 2005 · 268 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Intense FDG uptake was usually observed in the palatine tonsils, lingual tonsils, and soft palate, whereas uptake in the major salivary glands was variable.

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