First reported PET positive, FDG avid free flap pedicle ossification and review of the literature
| Autor: | Neil Mundi, Monica H. Xing, Mark L. Urken, Alex M. Silberzweig, Ammar Matloob |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena Free flap Trismus Free Tissue Flaps 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Osteogenesis Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma Head and neck Vascular pedicle business.industry Ossification Ossification Heterotopic Plastic Surgery Procedures 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Free flap reconstruction Radiology medicine.symptom Neoplasm Recurrence Local business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Clinical imaging. 79 |
| ISSN: | 1873-4499 |
| Popis: | The fibular free flap (FFF) is commonly used for head and neck bony reconstruction. Ossification of the vascular pedicle has been reported but is an uncommon complication of this procedure. Ossification of the pedicle with FDG avidity has not been identified in the literature. Here we present a case of FDG avid free flap ossification seen on PET/CT imaging in a patient who developed trismus after fibular free flap reconstruction of a maxillary defect for a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the palate. The FDG avidity of the free flap ossification and trismus were both concerning for recurrent squamous cell carcinoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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