Abstract Background Diagnosis of tumour thrombosis and differentiating it from benign are essential for managing patients, planning treatments, minimising unneeded anticoagulation therapy. Bland thrombi occur in both cancer non-cancer patients; bland can coexist. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F - FDG PET/CT) is useful detecting diagnosing distinguish...

BACKGROUND In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is one of the most difficult types of IRIS to manage. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) has been suggested as a useful tool for evaluating the inflammatory status of HIV-in...

[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) is a positron emission radiotracer whose biodistribution is similar to glucose. The similar biodistribution of [18F]FDG and glucose in the human body requires a fasting condition for at least six hours prior to performing a [18F]FDG positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG PET) study.In human studies, FDG PET images, in either the fasting state or the glucose-lo...

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging, an established procedure for evaluation of malignancy, reports an increased 18F-FDG uptake in acute or chronic inflammatory condition. Lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. However, the absence of clinical symptoms and bacteriological basis makes it difficult t...

BACKGROUND Peripheral or cranial nerve root dysfunction secondary to invasion of the CNS in multiple myeloma is a rare clinical event that is frequently mistaken for other diagnoses. We describe the clinical utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)/CT scanning for diagnosing neuro-myelomatosis. CASE REPORT A 63-year-old woman whose chief complaints were right sho...

Background The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in the evaluation retroperitoneal sarcomas is poorly defined. We evaluated correlation maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) with pathologic tumor grade surgical specimen primary dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) and leiomyosarcoma (LMS). Methods Patients above histological su...

Abstract Urethral melanomas are a rare subtype of noncutaneous melanomas. The disease has tendency to have skip lesions and early metastases as compared with cutaneous role fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography computed (PET-CT) is well established in cases recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for stage IIB IV cancer. There no guideline...

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomo-graphy and computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) has limited value in well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, which are often poorly differentiated, malignant, and present at an advanced stage, was also thought to be limited. This study was performed to evaluate the c...

PURPOSE Physiological colonic 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake is a frequent finding on 18F-FDG positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT). Interestingly, metformin, a glucose lowering drug associated with moderate weight loss, is also associated with an increased colonic 18F-FDG uptake. Consequently, increased colonic glucose use might partly explain the weight losing eff...