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CASE REPORT
A 30-year-old Caucasian woman was referred to the ear-nose-throat outpatient clinic complaining of dysphagia, otalgia and fever for four days. She did not have any relevant medical history. Under the suspicion of a pharyngeal abscess, a computed tomography (CT) scan was made, confirming the diagnosis; however, a contrastenhancing mass at the base of the tongue was also visible (figure 1). An iodine-123 single photo emission tomography (SPECT)/CT scan was made, showing high iodine uptake in the lesion at the base of the tongue (figure 2).
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