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The Role of FDG- PET/CT in Detecting Bone Marrow Involvement in Childhood Solid Tumors.

Esra ArslantaşAli AyçiçekBurcu Esen AkkasTuba Nur Tahtakesen GüçerSultan Okur AcarAyse Özkan KaragencSibel Akpınar TekgündüzCengiz Bayram
Published in: Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine (2024)
PET/CT has a high sensitivity and specificity for the assessing marrow involvement in pediatric solid tumors. We believe that PET/CT imaging should be performed as the first step in diagnostic staging, and BMB may not be necessary in every patient, only in patients with suspicious PET/CT results for bone marrow involvement. Additionally, for a more precise determination of bone marrow involvement, it is reasonable to perform BMB from FDG-retaining areas, using PET/CT as a guide tool.
Keyphrases
  • pet ct
  • bone marrow
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • positron emission tomography
  • high resolution
  • lymph node
  • solid phase extraction
  • pet imaging
  • fine needle aspiration