Usefulness of positron emission tomography for diagnosis of malignancy in a calcified lesion: a case report.
When calcified lesions in the liver or spleen are found during follow-up of patients who have undergone debulking surgery and chemotherapy for advanced ovarian carcinoma, it is very difficult to differentiate recurrent cancer from secondary change after chemotherapy. We present here a patient in whom calcified lesions in the liver and spleen were diagnosed as malignancy on the basis of a preoperative PET study. Malignancy was confirmed by histologic examination after surgery.
Umesaki
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Japan.
Tanaka
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Miyama
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Ogita
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Ochi
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed