Affiliations: Medicina Nucleare e Radiodiagnostica, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Naples, Italy
via Raffaele De Cesare 7, Naples 80132, Italy
Ctr. Med. Nucl. Cons. Naz. Ric., Univ. degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Characterization of adrenal tumors using F-18 FDG PET imaging: Comparison between benign and malignant lesions
OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to differentiate benign from malignant adrenal tumors using positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in patients with unilateral adrenal masses originally detected by CT or MR imaging. CONCLUSION. PET imaging with FDG can metabolically characterize adrenal masses. Abnormally increased FDG uptake in adrenal malignancies allows one to differentiate these abnormalities from benign lesions. Whole-body PET can also reveal extraadrenal tumor sites in patients with malignant tumors, using a single imaging technique for accurate disease staging.
Characterization of adrenal tumors using F-18 FDG PET imaging: Comparison between benign and malignant lesions
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Characterization of adrenal tumors using F-18 FDG PET imaging: Comparison between benign and malignant lesions