(18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NC) is an epithelial tumor with distinctive prevalence in East and Southeast Asia. Most patients with NC only experience regional metastasis. In cases of distant metastasis, prognosis is grim. Leptomeningeal spread of the disease is a rare occurrence, which is sparsely desc...

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Autores principales: Montanarella, Matthew, Boldig, Kimberly, Natter, Patrick, Ozdemir, Savas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9835668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000004499
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author Montanarella, Matthew
Boldig, Kimberly
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Ozdemir, Savas
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description Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NC) is an epithelial tumor with distinctive prevalence in East and Southeast Asia. Most patients with NC only experience regional metastasis. In cases of distant metastasis, prognosis is grim. Leptomeningeal spread of the disease is a rare occurrence, which is sparsely described in the literature. We present a case of a 33-year-old man with a history of high-grade NC with leptomeningeal metastasis. Initial MRI lumbar spine demonstrated subtle findings consistent with leptomeningeal disease. These findings are easily discernible on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
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spelling pubmed-98356682023-01-19 (18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Montanarella, Matthew Boldig, Kimberly Natter, Patrick Ozdemir, Savas Clin Nucl Med Interesting Images Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NC) is an epithelial tumor with distinctive prevalence in East and Southeast Asia. Most patients with NC only experience regional metastasis. In cases of distant metastasis, prognosis is grim. Leptomeningeal spread of the disease is a rare occurrence, which is sparsely described in the literature. We present a case of a 33-year-old man with a history of high-grade NC with leptomeningeal metastasis. Initial MRI lumbar spine demonstrated subtle findings consistent with leptomeningeal disease. These findings are easily discernible on (18)F-FDG PET/CT. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-02 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9835668/ /pubmed/36562736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000004499 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title (18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
title_full (18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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title_full_unstemmed (18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
title_short (18)F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Leptomeningeal Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
title_sort (18)f-fdg pet/ct findings of leptomeningeal metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
topic Interesting Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9835668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000004499
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