title: Spectrum of gastric malignancy on 18F-FDG PET/CT: a pictorial essay.
abstract: A wide variety of malignant gastric diseases can be detected, staged, and followed on (18)F-FDG PET/CT. Although the PET/CT findings are often nonspecific and some can be seen in certain benign gastric diseases, the aim of this atlas was to demonstrate that the wide histological spectrum of gastric tumors that can be evaluated, staged, and followed with PET/CT is much broader than current medical literature would suggest. PET/CT readers and oncologists should be aware of the utility of PET/CT in these tumors and the imaging characteristics and patterns of (18)F-FDG uptake that can be demonstrated in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brandon Regional Health Centre, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada R7A 2B3. makisw79@yahoo.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Makis
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciarallo
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hickeson
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Derbekyan
authors.forename: Javier-A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Novales-Diaz
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisbona
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18