Case 54



Dr Marina-Portia Anthony / Professor Pek-Lan Khong
Clinical notes
A 13-year-old male presented for a follow-up scan to assess treatment response of a left maxillary sinus tumour.
Images
Figure 1. Axial contrast-enhanced CT (A) and fused FDG-PET/CT (B) images through the mid-face.
Figure 2. Reformatted coronal contrast-enhanced CT (A) and fused FDG-PET/CT (B) images of the mid-face.

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Discussion

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