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American Journal of Neuroradiology 27:1823-1825, October 2006
© 2006 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
HEAD & NECK

Neurothekeoma of the Tongue: CT, MR, and FDG PET Imaging Findings

H.-J. Kim^a, C.H. Baek^b, Y.H. Ko^c and J.Y. Choi^d

^a Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
^b Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
^c Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
^d Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Please address correspondence to: H.-J. Kim, MD, Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135–710, Korea; e-mail: hyungkim{at}smc.samsung.co.kr

SUMMARY: We report CT, MR, and fluorodeoxyglucose–positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging findings of a case of cellular neurothekeoma of the tongue, a rare benign soft-tissue tumor with neural differentiation, occurring in a 15-year-old girl. CT and MR imaging showed a well-defined, well-enhancing submucosal soft-tissue mass in the midline dorsal tongue. There was high FDG uptake on PET scans. Although imaging findings are rather nonspecific, neurothekeoma may be one of diagnostic inclusions of soft-tissue masses of the tongue in a young female patient.