Unusual Contiguous Soft Tissue Spread of Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma Detected by FDG PET/CT / 대한핵의학회잡지
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
; : 178-181, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a tumor of mesodermal origin that arises from the serosa of the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium or tunica vaginalis. MPM is well known to have a poor prognosis with a median survival time of 12 months. Accurate diagnosis, staging and restaging of MPM are crucial with [18F] flurodeoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET/CT) playing an increasingly important role. Here we report a case of MPM with unusual contiguous soft tissue spread of the tumor along the dermal and fascial planes characterized by PET/CT. Given that the loco-regional tumor in the thorax was under control on PET/CT, the death of the patient was most likely associated with physiologic or metabolic causes associated with an extra-thoracic tumor.
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Asunto principal:
Pericardio
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Peritoneo
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Pleura
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Pronóstico
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Membrana Serosa
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Tórax
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Quimioterapia Adyuvante
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Diagnóstico
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Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Revista:
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Año:
2017
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Article