Microcalcified Hepatic Metastases Incidentally Detected on F-18 NaF PET/CT in a Patient with Prostate Cancer
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Tarih
2017
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Yayıncı
Springer Heidelberg
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
F-18 NaF PET/CT evaluation has gained importance in recent years. Achievements from F-18 NaF PET/CT are: higher sensitivity of positron imaging, higher target background ratio with higher tracer accumulation in bone hydroxyapatite and higher specificity through CT correlation. These properties have also given directions to new research fields based on imaging microcalcifications, very recently. A limited number of cases have reported the F-18 NaF uptake in macrocalcified soft tissue metastases. Although the presence of microcalcification was not proved; accumulation of F-18 NaF in the metastatic brain lesion with no visible calcification on the CT, in a patient with ductal breast carcinoma has also been reported. Herein we present a patient with microcalcified hepatic metastasis of prostate cancer incidentally detected on F-18 NaF PET/CT which was confirmed with histochemical staining.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Calcification, Imaging, Metastasis, Positron-Emission Tomography, Prostate, Sodium Fluoride, Fluoride Uptake, Carcinoma
Kaynak
Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging
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N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
51
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4
