| Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with splenic and cystic liver metastases in a pediatric patient: 18F-FDG PET-CT findings. | |
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PMID: 20922367 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is rare and usually poorly differentiated. We report a 14-year-old boy with NPC with metastases to liver, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow. The liver metastases closely resembled benign cystic liver disease on imaging; however, they showed intense uptake similar to other metastatic sites on positron emission tomography (PET) scan. A liver biopsy could not be performed on the boy. The boy responded clinically to platinum-based chemotherapy, and all the baseline PET-positive lesions became negative. This case highlights the rarity of splenic and cystic liver metastases in pediatric NPC and demonstrates the potential use of PET/CT in diagnosis, staging and response assessment in metastatic pediatric NPC. |
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Venkatraman Radhakrishnan; Sanjay Thulkar; Sellam Karunanithi; Nadeem Tanveer; Sameer Bakhshi |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-10-05 |
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Title: Pediatric radiology Volume: 40 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1432-1998 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Radiol Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0365332 Medline TA: Pediatr Radiol Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S79-82 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India. |
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