PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule
18F-FDG PET/CT is a diagnostic three-dimensional non-invasive device, routinely employed in neurology, cardiology, and oncology, and which contributes to patient care giving functional informations about glucose metabolism. In particular, staging, restaging, follow-up and response to treatment of tu...
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| description | 18F-FDG PET/CT is a diagnostic three-dimensional non-invasive device, routinely employed in neurology, cardiology, and oncology, and which contributes to patient care giving functional informations about glucose metabolism. In particular, staging, restaging, follow-up and response to treatment of tumors are the most common applications in oncologic field. Many neoplasms show increased glucose metabolism and consequent 18F-FDG uptake. Nevertheless, some relative differentiated cancers, such as clear cell carcinoma of the kidney and bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma, show tipically faintly/no uptake resulting in a consequent negative PET/CT scan. This case report represents an extreme case in which three relative well-differentiated cancer forms, all characterized by low glucose metabolism, affect the same patient at the same time while 18F-FDG PET/CT scan is negative. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-586a2170921e481fb787c8866600dbfa2025-02-03T01:28:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142013-01-01201310.1155/2013/865032865032PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the RuleM. Casali0A. Froio1C. Carbonelli2A. Versari3Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Advanced Technology, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, ItalyNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Advanced Technology, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, ItalyPulmonology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, ItalyNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Advanced Technology, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy18F-FDG PET/CT is a diagnostic three-dimensional non-invasive device, routinely employed in neurology, cardiology, and oncology, and which contributes to patient care giving functional informations about glucose metabolism. In particular, staging, restaging, follow-up and response to treatment of tumors are the most common applications in oncologic field. Many neoplasms show increased glucose metabolism and consequent 18F-FDG uptake. Nevertheless, some relative differentiated cancers, such as clear cell carcinoma of the kidney and bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma, show tipically faintly/no uptake resulting in a consequent negative PET/CT scan. This case report represents an extreme case in which three relative well-differentiated cancer forms, all characterized by low glucose metabolism, affect the same patient at the same time while 18F-FDG PET/CT scan is negative.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/865032 |
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| title | PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule |
| title_full | PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule |
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| title_full_unstemmed | PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule |
| title_short | PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule |
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