title: Good survival in a patient with recurrent transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report of PET-CT for detection and follow-up.
abstract: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer. The present study reports the case of a 55-year-old patient from The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University (Harbin, Heilongjiang, China) who underwent successful surgery for recurrence of a TCC of the ovary with rectum metastases following the initial surgery and chemotherapy. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) was used in the pre-operative detection of the tumor and the post-operative follow-up of the patient. To date, the patient has experienced 8 years of disease-free survival. The aim of the present study was to convey the good survival rate of the patient following recurrent TCC of the ovary, and the role of PET-CT in detection and follow-up, in order to aid in the future selection of appropriate diagnostic methods and therapies for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Center of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jingquan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Center of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xinghua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lou
keywords: ovarian cancer; positron emission tomography-computed tomography; transitional cell carcinoma