Paradoxical vocal cord PET uptake

Case contributed by Yune Kwong , 2 Sep 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Dylan Kurda, 16 Dec 2015

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Diagnostic Certainty was set to .

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  • 1. Kwong Y, Boddu S, Shah J. Radiology of vocal cord palsy. Clin Radiol. 2012;67 (11): 1108-14. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.008">doi:10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.008</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22608245">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
  • 2. Lee M, Ramaswamy MR, Lilien DL et-al. Unilateral vocal cord paralysis causes contralateral false-positive positron emission tomography scans of the larynx. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2005;114 (3): 202-6. - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15825569">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
  • 3. Heller MT, Meltzer CC, Fukui MB et-al. Superphysiologic FDG Uptake in the Non-Paralyzed Vocal Cord. Resolution of a False-Positive PET Result with Combined PET-CT Imaging. Clin. Positron Imaging. 2000;3 (5): 207-211. <a href="http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1095039700000996">Clin. Positron Imaging (link)</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11348849">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
  • Kwong Y, Boddu S, Shah J. Radiology of vocal cord palsy. Clin Radiol. 2012;67 (11): 1108-14. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.008">doi:10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.008</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22608245">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
  • Lee M, Ramaswamy MR, Lilien DL et-al. Unilateral vocal cord paralysis causes contralateral false-positive positron emission tomography scans of the larynx. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2005;114 (3): 202-6. - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15825569">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
  • Heller MT, Meltzer CC, Fukui MB et-al. Superphysiologic FDG Uptake in the Non-Paralyzed Vocal Cord. Resolution of a False-Positive PET Result with Combined PET-CT Imaging. Clin. Positron Imaging. 2000;3 (5): 207-211. <a href="http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1095039700000996">Clin. Positron Imaging (link)</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11348849">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>

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