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Tiny Obturator Node Metastasis from Prostate Cancer Not Shown by FDG-PET/CT, CT, or MRI Detected by 11C-Choline PET/CT
- Source :
- Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 33-37 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Karger Publishers, 2018.
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Abstract
- We report a 65-year-old male with histopathologically proven prostate cancer and multiple pelvic node metastases using a robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy procedure plus extended pelvic lymph node dissection. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan findings demonstrated a moderate accumulation of 11C-choline in a metastatic left obturator node sized 8 × 8 mm, though only a faint uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was noted. 11C-choline PET/computed tomography (CT) may be useful for the diagnosis of a tiny metastatic lymph node not demonstrated by CT, magnetic resonance imaging, or FDG-PET/CT and to determine the need for an extended pelvic lymph node dissection.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16626575
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Oncology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.914b217e64c65ac67dceff598d277
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000486365