Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery
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Clin Otolaryngol
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To evaluate the role of 18-fluoro-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) scan for detecting distant metastases in the preoperative assessment of patients with recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). ⋯ From our study, positron emission tomography does not appear to offer a first-choice technique for the detection of metastases before salvage surgery as CT detected all lesions visible on positron emission tomography.