A rare case of mature teratoma. Has FDG PET/CT a role to play?

Authors describe a very rare case of mature teratoma with malignant transformation, preoperatively suggested by FDG PET/CT study. So the role of CT component in elucidating three embryonal components and hypermetabolism evident on PET part suggesting possible malignant transformation makes PET/CT a...

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Autores principales: Mohapatra, Tushar, Arora, Abhishek, Srikant, K, Snehalata, Kumar, Nandish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174520
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.90265
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Sumario:Authors describe a very rare case of mature teratoma with malignant transformation, preoperatively suggested by FDG PET/CT study. So the role of CT component in elucidating three embryonal components and hypermetabolism evident on PET part suggesting possible malignant transformation makes PET/CT a valuable modality in evaluation of these rare tumors

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