Azygos venous tumor thrombus from renal cell carcinoma detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | Alexandra Seltzer, Kent Friedman, Stephan Probst, Abraham Chachoua |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
urologic and male genital diseases Inferior vena cava Renal Veins Tumor thrombus Renal cell carcinoma Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 medicine Carcinoma Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Carcinoma Renal Cell Aged 80 and over Venous Thrombosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Vascular Neoplasms medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.vein Positron emission tomography Azygos Vein Positron-Emission Tomography cardiovascular system Abdomen Female Radiology Renal vein Azygos vein business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 35(10) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 |
| Popis: | An 81-year-old woman with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) underwent F-18 FDG PET/CT for staging, which demonstrated intense uptake in a dilated azygos vein, in the inferior vena cava (IVC), and in the known large left RCC. Contrast-enhanced CT of the chest and abdomen obtained in the days following confirmed the presence of tumor thrombus in the dilated azygos system, IVC, and the contiguous left renal vein. This case serves as a reminder that special attention should always be paid to the renal vein, IVC, and adjoining venous drainage pathways for abnormal FDG activity while imaging RCC, as the diagnosis of venous tumor thrombus has important clinical ramifications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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