title: Spectrum of malignant renal and urinary bladder tumors on 18F-FDG PET/CT: a pictorial essay.
abstract: A wide variety of malignant renal and urinary bladder diseases can be detected on (18)F-FDG PET/CT. Although the PET/CT findings are often nonspecific, the aim of this atlas was to demonstrate that the spectrum of renal and urinary bladder malignancy that can be evaluated with PET/CT is much broader than current medical literature would suggest. PET/CT readers and oncologists should be aware of the variety of urological tumor types that can be detected on PET/CT and some of the patterns of (18)F-FDG uptake that can be observed in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brandon Regional Health Centre, 150 McTavish Ave E, Brandon, MB, 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: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rakheja
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hickeson
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: Javier-A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Novales-Diaz
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Derbekyan
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisbona
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18