PET/CT-guided percutaneous biopsy of isolated intramuscular metastases from postcricoid cancer.
J Nucl Med Technol
; 37(4): 220-2, 2009 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19914978
ABSTRACT
(18)F-FDG PET/CT has made it possible to identify many unsuspected lesions such as isolated intramuscular metastases because of its ability to detect abnormal metabolic activity in an early stage even without clinical symptoms or morphologic changes. We need to modify our routine techniques for performing biopsies of such lesions because they may not be visualized on morphologic imaging. We describe a technique in which fused PET/CT is used to guide the percutaneous biopsy needle for sampling isolated intramuscular metastatic lesions in a patient whose intramuscular metastases were identified only on PET/CT, not on CT or ultrasound, and were clinically occult.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pele
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Neoplasias Esofágicas
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Neoplasias Musculares
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Cirurgia Assistida por Computador
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article