AUTHOR=Dzuko Kamga Jacques , Leclere Jean-Christophe , Uguen Arnaud , Amrane Karim , Abgral Ronan 

TITLE=Case Report: Nasal Cavity Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma With High Fluoro-D-Glucose Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.664520

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2021.664520

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a rare malignant neoplasm arising most frequently in the salivary glands. EMC accounts for approximately 1 to 2% of salivary gland tumors. Even if nodal and distant metastasis rates is low, tumor staging remains indicated. Here, the authors present the FDG-PET/CT study of a very rare case of biopsy-proven EMC of the left nasal cavity. This PET scan was performed to guide the therapeutic strategy due to an atypical high-grade presentation in immunohistochemistry.
To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting such high FDG avidity of EMC of the nasal cavity in PET/CT.