PET/CT use in basal cell carcinoma of the face
2021 Volume 36 Issue 3 Pages 218-223
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2021 Volume 36 Issue 3 Pages 218-223
Seventeen patients with basal cell carcinoma of the face were included in the study. FDG－PET/CT was used for imaging before surgery. PET images showed marked hot uptake in three patients and mild hot uptake in three. Histologically, three cases of nodular type, one case of glandular type, one case of infiltrative type plus patchy scleroderma type, and one case of superficial type plus infiltrative type were observed. The remaining 11 patients failed to demonstrate identifiable tumor activity on PET. In particular, a nodular case with a major axis of 15 mm did not show accumulation. In contrast, one patient exhibited asymptomatic malignant lymphoma before surgery, and another presented squamous cell cancer. In addition, in one case presenting a mild hot spot before surgery, small cell lung cancer, which was not observed before surgery, was detected using FDG－PET/CT 1 year post－surgery. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2021 ; 36 : 218－223]
