Visualization of pericarditis by fluorodeoxyglucose PET

Visualization of pericarditis by fluorodeoxyglucose PET.

The value of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT in oesophageal cancer

[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) is recognized as a useful adjunct to conventional imaging with CT and endoscopic ultrasonography for the staging of oesophageal cancer, for response assessment and identification of recurrent disease and it may provide prognostic information.

Primary hepatic (extranodal) lymphoma: utility of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT

Primary hepatic lymphoma is extremely rare. Although the utility of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging extranodal lymphoma has been reported, there is very little literature describing its use in primary hepatic lymphoma. This case report demonstrates the effect of FDG-PET/computed tomography (CT) in a case of unifocal primary hepatic lymphoma and its useful...

Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET scanning in the diagnosis of pleural disease.

I thank Battah et al 1 for sharing an interesting case and uncommon presentation of ankylosing spondylitis in a recent issue of CHEST (October 2010). Clarifi cation of the authors’ conclusions, however, is required regarding their assertion that fl uorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET scans showing increased uptake in pleural disease may be reassuring, as stated in the “Clinical Pearls” section of the ar...

Preoperative evaluation of 54 gliomas by PET with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and/or carbon-11-methionine.

UNLABELLED This study evaluates the usefulness of PET for the preoperative evaluation of brain gliomas and methods of quantification of PET results. METHODS Fifty-four patients with brain gliomas were studied by PET with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) (n = 45) and/or 11C-methionine (MET) (n = 41) before any treatment. Results of visual analysis, calculation of glucose consumption and five tumor...