INTRODUCTION To evaluate the detection rate of positive choline PET-CT and its clinical role in assisting with management decisions and the correlation between positive choline PET-CT and clinical/pathological parameters in prostate cancer patients with biochemical relapse following radical prostatectomy. METHODS This was a longitudinal observational pilot study of 34 patients who received ch...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism is a well-recognized and relatively frequent complication of malignancy, whereas tumor thrombosis is a rare complication of solid cancers. The correct diagnosis of tumor thrombosis and its differentiation from VTE can alter patient management and prevent unnecessary long-term anticoagulation treatment. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the contribution of 18F-fluorodeox...

BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography (PET) has a potential improvement for staging and radiation treatment planning of various tumor sites. We analyzed the use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/computed tomography (CT) images for staging and target volume delineation of patients with head and neck carcinoma candidates for radiotherapy. METHODS Twenty-two patients candidates for primary r...

We aimed to evaluate prospectively the efficacy of positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) plus brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting extrathoracic metastases in lung adenocarcinoma. Metastatic evaluations were feasible for 442 consecutive patients (M:F=238:204; mean age, 54 yr) with a lung adenocarcinoma who underwent PET/CT (CT, without IV contrast medium in...

To evaluate the quality and diagnostic performance of F-Fluoride positron-emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (F-Fluoride PET/MR) compared to F-Fluoride positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (F-Fluoride PET/CT) imaging in patients with unclear foot pain. Methods: Twenty-two patients (9 men, 13 women; mean age 48±18 years, range: 20–78 years) were prospectively included in ...

OBJECTIVES The primary aim of this study was to determine whether 18F-FDG-PET/CT (PET/CT) scans provide additional diagnostic information in addition to the direct laryngoscopic examination (L/E) and contrast-enhanced CT (CT) in patients with glottic cancer during the initial evaluation. METHODS Fifty-five consecutive patients with glottic cancer of the larynx that had L/E, CT and PET/CT were...

Objective(s): Acute pyelonephritis presents with high-grade fever, dysuria, flank pain, leukocytosis, and microscopic hematuria. Urine culture aids in the diagnosis of this infection. It can be complicated or uncomplicated. Complicated pyelonephritis includes uncontrolled diabetes, transplant, pregnancy, acute or chronic renal failure, structural abnormality of the uri...

in this report, we have presented 18fdg-pet findings of organized hematoma of the maxillary sinus (ohms) that showed an increased fdg uptake in the peripheral rim of the mass with central photopenia. to our knowledge, this is the first case report in the literature reporting fdg-pet/ct findings of ohms. careful interpretation of metabolic (fdg-pet/ct) and anatomic (ct and mri) images should be ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the clinical role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for the evaluation of lymph node metastasis in periorbital malignancies, compared with CT alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed eighteen PET/CT and CT scans in 15 patients with biopsy-proven periorbital malignancies. We compared the diagnostic capabilities of PET/CT and CT with regard to nodal metastasis by...

AIM To investigate the role of 18F-NaF PET/CT and compare it with 99m Tc-MDP whole body bone scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting the extent of metastatic bone disease and to present our first experience with 18F-NaF PET/CT in our country. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 37 histopathologically proven cancer patients (22 male, 15 female) with bone metastasis detected on Tc-99m MDP who...