Diuretic 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/Computed Tomography in Evaluation of Genitourinary Malignancies
| Autor: | Krishan Kant Agarwal, Rajesh Kumar, Shambo Guha Roy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Urinary system Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Multimodal Imaging 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lymph node Ovarian Neoplasms Fluorodeoxyglucose Cervical cancer Radiation Urinary bladder medicine.diagnostic_test Genitourinary system business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Positron emission tomography Positron-Emission Tomography 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Radiology Radiopharmaceuticals Tomography X-Ray Computed Ovarian cancer business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | PET Clinics. 11:39-46 |
| ISSN: | 1556-8598 |
| Popis: | The interpretation of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) is often challenging for pelvic pathologies because of the physiologic bowel and urinary tract activity. Intense radiotracer activity in urinary tract interferes in image interpretation and leads to false-negative results in diagnosis and detection of local recurrence and regional lymph node metastases. It is imperative to minimize unnecessary urinary bladder activity to improve the diagnostic yield of PET/CT. All the techniques described in the literature have their pros and cons. This article discusses FDG PET/CT in evaluation of urinary bladder cancer, cervical cancer, and ovarian cancer. |
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