PET Imaging of Gallbladder Carcinoma

Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been used to evaluate a variety of malignancies. The authors describe a patient with gallbladder carcinoma that showed multiple foci of intense increased FDG uptake in the liver and periaortic region consistent with metastatic dise...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2005-12, Vol.30 (12), p.804-805
Hauptverfasser:	Chander, Subhash, Lee, Patricia, Zingas, Alkis P, Joyrich, Richard N, Zak, Imad T, Bloom, David A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Back Pain - diagnosis Back Pain - etiology Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Gallbladder Neoplasms - complications Gallbladder Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Humans Positron-Emission Tomography - methods Radiopharmaceuticals Shoulder Pain - diagnosis Shoulder Pain - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been used to evaluate a variety of malignancies. The authors describe a patient with gallbladder carcinoma that showed multiple foci of intense increased FDG uptake in the liver and periaortic region consistent with metastatic disease. This report emphasizes that FDG-PET may play an important role in the staging, restaging, and posttherapy follow-up of gallbladder carcinoma, a highly fatal disease.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/01.rlu.0000187506.02530.6a