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Erschienen in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 4/2017

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Microcalcified Hepatic Metastases Incidentally Detected on F-18 NaF PET/CT in a Patient with Prostate Cancer

verfasst von: Gul Ege Aktas, Ali Sarıkaya, Nuray Can, Selin Soyluoglu Demir

Erschienen in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Ausgabe 4/2017

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Abstract

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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Metadaten
Titel
Microcalcified Hepatic Metastases Incidentally Detected on F-18 NaF PET/CT in a Patient with Prostate Cancer
verfasst von
Gul Ege Aktas
Ali Sarıkaya
Nuray Can
Selin Soyluoglu Demir
Publikationsdatum
17.06.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Ausgabe 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Elektronische ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-016-0429-6

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