background: to retrospectively describe imaging characteristics of liver metastases on fused fdg-pet/ mri data sets and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of mri and fused fdg-pet/mri data sets for the detection of liver metastases in patients undergoing systemic anticancer treatment. materials and methods: 43 oncological patients (mean age: 56+/- 11 years) were investigated by fdg-pet/ct and l...

skeletal involvement is the second most common site of metastases after lymph nodal metastases in patients with prostate cancer. the skeletal metastases from prostate cancer are osteoblastic in nature and show increased tracer avidity on the bone scan. focal tracer avid lesion in skeleton especially in skull requires the careful examination by further investigation. the patients with skull meta...

osteopoikilosis is a rare benign osteosclerotic bone disorder that may be misdiagnosed as skeletal metastases. here we describe a case of coincidental breast cancer and osteopoikilosis mimicking skeletal metastases. a 41-year-old woman underwent right modified radical mastectomy in april 2007. twenty-eight months after initial treatment, the patient complained of bilateral knee and foot pain. p...

metastases are the most common malignant hepatic lesions and considered to be the most frequent indication for imaging of the liver. the accurate detection and characterization of liver metastasis remains a critical issue at the initial diagnosis of primary cancer or during the course of patient treatment. in the recent years, the advent of highly efficient imaging modalities and new techniques...

endometrial cancer generally carries a good prognosis. endometrial carcinoma more frequently metastasizes to the pelvic and para-aortic nodes. visceral metastases usually occur in the vagina and ovaries. distant metastases involve lungs and occur as a terminal event. this case report describes vulvalar metastasis of endometrial cancer to the clitoris. metastatic tumors of the vulva are rare. mo...

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

subcutaneous metastatic nodules are an uncommon first sign of underlying cancer. cutaneous metastasis occurs in 0.8% to 4% of all cancer patients and less than 5% in those with lung cancer. these metastases are usually single or multiple painless nodules that may be mobile or fixed. cutaneous metastases from the lung are not very common and indicate a worse prognosis. the limited literature on ...