PET-CT vs brain MRI for the detection of cerebral metastases of melanoma, a 5-year retrospective study.
Lisa Tutic-SorrentinoSimone CazzanigaLaurence FeldmeyerMichael BenzaquenPublished in: Clinical and experimental dermatology (2024)
Despite the increasing performance of PET-CT, this study highlights the crucial role of brain MRI, which remains the gold standard to detect cerebral metastases. Brain MRI should be performed on patients with high-risk melanoma from stage IIC to exclude brain metastases.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- contrast enhanced
- cerebral ischemia
- resting state
- magnetic resonance imaging
- white matter
- brain metastases
- positron emission tomography
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- small cell lung cancer
- diffusion weighted imaging
- functional connectivity
- brain injury
- magnetic resonance
- skin cancer
- sensitive detection
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- basal cell carcinoma