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- Title
Detection of Ureteral Stump Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Presenting as Bone Metastases from Unknown Primary by 18F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report with Review of Literature.
- Authors
Nikolova, Petya N.; Hadzhiyska, Valeria H.; Mladenov, Kiril B.; Ilcheva, Mihaela G.; Veneva, Stefani; Dineva, Svetla E.; Mladenov, Boris S.
- Abstract
A case of occult carcinoma of the ureteral stump is reported. A 67-year-old man presented with pain syndrome due to multiple bone metastases from unknown primary origin detected by previous imaging studies as magnetic resonance imaging, whole body contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and technetium-99m methyldiphosphonate bone scan. He had undergone a right nephrectomy for a benign disease previously. He was referred to our department for an 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to help localize possible primary tumor. Our observations in this case show that the use of 18F-FDG PET/CT successfully and more accurately evaluated the overall tumor burden and led to a rapid decision of an adequate therapeutic approach.
- Subjects
CANCER pain; PHYSICAL diagnosis; NEPHRECTOMY; CANCER of unknown primary origin; TRANSITIONAL cell carcinoma; CANCER patients; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; BONE metastasis; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; POSTOPERATIVE period; URETER tumors; DEOXY sugars; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 4, p1065
- ISSN
0971-3026
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1055/s-0041-1741101