| Literature DB >> 17705017 |
Kazumasa Hayasaka1, Takashi Nihashi, Toshihiro Matsuura, Tetsuya Yagi, Kazumitsu Nakashima, Yasuji Kawabata, Kengo Ito, Takashi Katoh, Keita Sakata, Atsushi Harada.
Abstract
We assess the usefulness of F-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the evaluation of gastrointestinal metastases. Four cases (five lesions) in which metastases from three lung cancers and one malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the femur were found in the gastrointestinal tract were reviewed (men/women 3 : 1, age 63-78 years, mean 72 years). The five lesions were duodenal, jejunal metastasis, and two stomach metastases from lung carcinoma, and rectal metastasis from MFH of the femur. FDG-PET was unable to detect small masses, but it was able to detect unforeseen lesions such as gastrointestinal metastases because FDG-PET is a whole-body scan in a single-operation examination. FDG-PET imaging provided valuable information for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal metastasis.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17705017 DOI： 10.1007/s12149-007-0028-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Nucl Med ISSN： 0914-7187 Impact factor: 2.668