A case of renal pelvic tumor visualized by 18F-FDG-PET imaging.
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).
Watanabe
Naoto
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Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Kato
Hiroshi
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Shimizu
Masashi
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Noguchi
Kyo
K
Kamisaki
Yuichi
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Fuse
Hideki
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Matsunari
Ichiro
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Hisada
Kinichi
K
Seto
Hikaru
H
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
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18