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- PET is an imaging technique that helps monitor malignancies but is not specific to tumors.
- A case is presented involving a patient with a history of rectum cancer and lentigo maligna who had a PET-CT scan showing increased activity in the larynx.
- Initially thought to indicate a new primary cancer, the finding was ultimately identified as a Teflon granuloma.
Article Abstract
Positron emmision tomography (PET) is successfully used to monitor malignancies. Unfortunately it is not tumor specific. We present a case with history of rectum cancer and lentigo maligna who underwent PET-CT which revealed an increased uptake in the larynx. What was first considered as a third primary turned out to be a Teflon granuloma.
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