title: A case of renal pelvic tumor visualized by 18F-FDG-PET imaging.
abstract: 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) imaging is a useful modality in detecting various tumors, including renal cell carcinoma. We evaluated a patient with renal pelvic tumor (transitional cell carcinoma) with multiple metastases using 18F-FDG PET imaging and detected abnormal increased uptake of a right renal pelvic tumor extending to the renal cortex with liver metastasis and paraaortic lymph node metastases. These results suggest that 18F-FDG PET imaging may be useful in detecting primary and metastatic lesions of renal pelvic tumor (transitional cell carcinoma).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamisaki
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsunari
authors.forename: Kinichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisada
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18