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. 2012 Aug;12(4):368-72.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-368.

PET/CT in oncology

Fahim-Ul-Hassan  1 , Gary J Cook
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PET/CT in oncology

Fahim-Ul-Hassan et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2012 Aug.
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Hodgkin's disease: (a) Coronal images show increased metabolic activity in multiple lymph nodes above and below the diaphragm and a large anterior mediastinal mass. (b) Post-chemotherapy, there is complete resolution of 18F-FDG uptake in lymph nodes and mediastinal mass, in keeping with a complete metabolic response.
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Fig 2.
High-grade glioma: (a) Transaxial brain scan shows increased 11C-methionine in a left frontal lobe lesion; (b) 18F-FDG PET/CT shows increased metabolic activity at the same site indicating a high-grade tumour.
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Fig 3.
Oesophageal cancer. Coronal 18F-FDG images show intense abnormal activity in a left paratracheal lymph node (top arrow), distal thickened oesophagus (middle arrow) and a left adrenal metastasis (bottom arrow).
Fig 4.
Fig 4.
Melanoma: (a) Coronal views of 18F-FDG PET/CT show multiple metastases in lynph nodes, lungs, skeleton and liver. (b) Coronal and axial fused PET/CT images also localise abnormal uptake in various muscles (arrows).
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