ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2024
Warthin's Tumour as a Parotid Gland Incidentaloma Identified by PET-CT Scan in a Large Series of Cases.
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- Clinical Significance of Incidentally Detected Parotid Masses on Brain MRI and PET-CT.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Multimodality Imaging of Warthin's Tumor: PET/CT, Scintigraphy, MRI, and CT.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Occasionally in imaging scans there are findings unrelated to the pathology for which the scan was indicated, findings that are called incidentalomas. Warthin tumors have a high glucose avidity, being one of the common incidentalomas in PET-CT scans. The aim of the present study is to analyze the frequency of occurrence of Warthin's tumor as an incidental finding in a large series of patients undergoing 18F-FDG PET-CT. Retrospective analysis of 18F-FDG PET-CT scans performed in our center during the period 2010-2021. Parotid hypermetabolic lesions were identified, as well as their SUVmax, size, smoking habit, BMI (body mass index), and otorhinolaryngology follow-up. 31,423 PET-CT-18FDG studies corresponding to 12,806 patients were analyzed. The frequency of incidentalomas at the parotid level with a diagnosis compatible with Warthin's tumor was 0.87% (n = 111). Eighty percent of the patients with incidentalomas accordant to Warthin's tumor had a history of tobacco use. The highest percentage of incidentalomas compatible with a Warthin tumor was found in patients in whom the indication for PET-CT was the study of a lung carcinoma (1.44%). Only 37% of patients with a PET-CT lesion compatible with a Warthin's tumor were referred for evaluation by the Otorhinolaryngology service. The incidence of Warthin's tumor in 18-FDG PET-CT scans in our center was 0.87%.
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