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Two cases of chronic tonsillitis studied by FDG-PET

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We report two cases of chronic tonsillitis studied by FDG-PET. Symmetrical high FDG uptake by the tonsils was observed in both cases. On histopathologic examination of the resected tonsils, follicular hyperplasia was observed with proliferation of lymphocytes in the germinal centers. Increased glucose metabolism in active inflammation involving lymphocyte proliferation was thought to be a cause of high FDG uptake by tonsils in chronic tonsillitis.

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abenoku, 545-8586, Osaka, Japan

    Joji Kawabe & Hironobu Ochi

  2. Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan

    Terue Okamura, Miyuki Shakudo, Koichi Koyama, Kenji Kishimoto & Ryusaku Yamada

  3. First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan

    Hideki Wanibuchi

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan

    Hirokazu Sakamoto & Miki Matsuda

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Kawabe, J., Okamura, T., Shakudo, M. et al. Two cases of chronic tonsillitis studied by FDG-PET. Ann Nucl Med 13, 277–279 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164906

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