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Warthin’s Tumor Multimodality Imaging. Anatomical and Scintigraphy Imaging Review, Including PET-CT and SPECT-CT
| Mehdi Djekidel1,2, Page Wang1, Morand Piert1, Suresh K. Mukherji1 and Richard K. Brown1 | |
| 1Radiology Department, University of Michigan, USA | |
| 2Radiology Department, Yale University School of Medicine, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Mehdi Djekidel Radiology Department Yale University School of Medicine, USA E-mail: mehdi.djekidel@yale.edu |
| Received February 24, 2013; Accepted April 15, 2013; Published April 20, 2013 | |
| Citation: Djekidel M, Wang P, Piert M, Mukherji SK, Brown RK (2013) Warthin’s Tumor Multimodality Imaging. Anatomical and Scintigraphy Imaging Review, Including PET-CT and SPECT-CT. OMICS J Radiology 2:117. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000117 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Djekidel M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Salivary gland lesions discovered incidentally on various anatomic and molecular imaging modalities (-including PET-CT and SPECT-CT-) offer a clinical dilemma. The appropriate use of imaging techniques to diagnose a Warthin’s tumor would be of utility. Anatomical and functional imaging modalities have been used with variable success. The evaluation of a suspected Warthin’s tumor is challenging, each modality presenting with its benefits and limitations. No comprehensive review exists of the various ways to image Warthin’s tumor. This review would help imaging experts to find ways to diagnose Warthin’s tumors in difficult or indeterminate biopsies as well as cases where a biopsy is not indicated or not the first choice- for a variety of reasons. We propose to review different imaging techniques with the most recent advances, including PET-CT and SPECT-CT.
