| Literature DB >> 20493526 |
Koki Ueda1, Motoshi Ichikawa, Miwako Takahashi, Toshimitsu Momose, Kuni Ohtomo, Mineo Kurokawa.
Abstract
Granulocytic sarcomas (GSs) are extramedullary tumors that consist of myeloid cells in patients with myeloid malignancies. The role for (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) to detect GSs has been unclear. We retrospectively evaluated seven patients with pathologically proven GSs. Compared with other diagnostic tools, FDG-PET was more effective or at least equivalent in the detection of GSs in six patients, but was less effective in one patient. Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) for the lesions widely varied from 2.6 to 9.7. When our findings and previous reports taken together, FDG-PET is an effective tool to search for GSs, however, other diagnostic tools including computed tomography (CT) are still necessary to detect morphological abnormalities. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20493526 DOI： 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.04.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN： 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156