Frontiers in Medicine (Dec 2021)

Case Report: Nasal Cavity Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma With High Fluoro-D-Glucose Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

  • Jacques Dzuko Kamga,
  • Jean-Christophe Leclere,
  • Arnaud Uguen,
  • Karim Amrane,
  • Ronan Abgral,
  • Ronan Abgral

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.664520
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a rare malignant neoplasm arising most frequently in the salivary glands and exceptionally in the nasal cavity. EMC accounts for ~1–2% of salivary gland tumors. Even if the nodal and distant metastasis rates are low, tumor staging remains indicated. Here, the authors present the 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose PET-CT (18F-FDG-PET/CT) study of a very rare case of biopsy-proven EMC of the left nasal cavity. This 18F-FDG-PET/CT was performed to stage this tumor and guide the therapeutic strategy due to an atypical high-grade presentation in immunohistochemistry. To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting such high 18F-FDG avidity of EMC of the nasal cavity in PET/CT.

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