Schwannoma Mimicking Neck Nodal Metastasis on F-18 FDG PET/CT in Cervical Cancer: A Case Report with a Multimodal Approach
Seokho Yoon, Hye Jin Baek, Bonghoi Choi, Hyo Jung An · 2026
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Description
Seokho Yoon and colleagues describe a 2026 case in which a benign nerve tumor in the neck of an 85-year-old woman with advanced cervical cancer looked like metastatic spread on PET/CT imaging. Scans guide cancer staging, so a false alarm in the neck could have wrongly raised her stage and changed her care.
Alongside the intense uptake in her cervical tumor, the scan showed a bright mass in the left neck. MRI and high-resolution ultrasound suggested the lump did not come from a lymph node, and a needle biopsy confirmed a schwannoma, a benign growth of nerve sheath cells. The finding kept her staging accurate, and the case shows why suspicious neck lesions deserve tissue confirmation before clinicians assume metastasis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seokho Yoon, Hye Jin Baek, Bonghoi Choi, Hyo Jung An |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |