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Utility of different positron emission tomography/computed tomography tracers in the evaluation of incidentally detected dual malignancies: An experience from a tertiary care center

Authors :
Ritu Verma
Ethel Shangne Belho
Nitin Gupta
Ram E Kumar
Source :
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 382-385 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2021.

Abstract

Multiple primary malignancies in a cancer patient are not a rare occurrence. The most common presentation of multiple primary malignancies is dual malignancies. The usefulness of different positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) tracers in the evaluation of dual synchronous primary malignancies is not well documented. Here, we present a case series, where two patients, referred for PET/CT, after being diagnosed with one primary malignancy were found to be having a second primary malignancy, diagnosed incidentally in PET/CT, further validated by PET/CT with another tracer.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16073312 and 14501147
Volume :
20
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2eaf9915fe34cace7ef3095528f99aa1