18F-FDG PET/MR Refines Evaluation in Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Urethral Adenocarcinoma.
Riccardo LaudicellaGuido DavidzonShreyas VasanawalaSergio BaldariAndrei IagaruPublished in: Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)
We described the clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET/MR in refining the evaluation of a 39-year-old female with newly diagnosed metastatic urethral adenocarcinoma. We detailed the diagnostic imaging workup focusing our attention on the CT, MR, and 18F-FDG PET/MR different findings. In this case, 18F-FDG PET/MR imaging evaluation resulted not only effective but also altered staging and spared additional invasive procedures in the assessment of a metastatic urethral adenocarcinoma. Combining a highly sensitive PET with the increase tissue resolution of MR (PET/MR) may improve abdominal and pelvic lesion detection outperforming PET/CT for this indication.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- newly diagnosed
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- small cell lung cancer
- pet imaging
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- working memory
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- neuropathic pain
- real time pcr
- loop mediated isothermal amplification