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PET/CT-guided percutaneous biopsy of isolated intramuscular metastases from postcricoid cancer.
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PMID:  19914978     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
(18)F-FDG PET/CT has made it possible to identify many unsuspected lesions such as isolated intramuscular metastases because of its ability to detect abnormal metabolic activity in an early stage even without clinical symptoms or morphologic changes. We need to modify our routine techniques for performing biopsies of such lesions because they may not be visualized on morphologic imaging. We describe a technique in which fused PET/CT is used to guide the percutaneous biopsy needle for sampling isolated intramuscular metastatic lesions in a patient whose intramuscular metastases were identified only on PET/CT, not on CT or ultrasound, and were clinically occult.
Authors:
Govindarajan J I Mallarajapatna; Kumar G Kallur; Nagaraj K Ramanna; Sridhar P Susheela; Prashanth G Ramachandra
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-11-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of nuclear medicine technology     Volume:  37     ISSN:  1535-5675     ISO Abbreviation:  J Nucl Med Technol     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0430303     Medline TA:  J Nucl Med Technol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  220-2     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Bangalore Institute of Oncology and Health Care Global, Bangalore, India. revathigovind@gmail.com
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