title: Detection of bone metastases in initial staging of orbital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common form of soft tissue sarcoma in young children. In soft tissue sarcomas, isolated metastases are seen in the lung, soft tissue, and bone. The optimal management of these tumors depends on the site, size, and grade of the local growth, and accurate staging of the disease when first seen. Although detection of the primary site of disease is usually accomplished well with conventional techniques, the performance of fluorodexyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) may be useful to determine metastases that are not clinically evident. We describe a case of early detection of distant metastases by FDG PET/CT in a young patient diagnosed with orbital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Selcuk University Selcuklu Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pelin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ozcan Kara
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kara Gedik
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sari
keywords: Rhabdomyosarcoma; FDG-PET/CT; initial staging; bone metastases