Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva Seen on PET/CT
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 33 (12) , 929-930
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0b013e31818c4e12
Abstract
A 78-year-old female with a previous history of endometrial lymphoma was referred to our hospital for F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging on account of a growing tumor mass in the left eyeball with gradual visual loss for 5 months. The F-18 FDG PET/CT images showed a focal lesion with intense FDG uptake in the left bulbar conjunctiva with intraocular invasion. Excisional biopsy was performed under the impression of a malignant neoplasm, and the pathologic diagnosis confirmed squamous cell carcinoma.Keywords
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