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- Title
Opere penis kanserli bir olguda F 18 FDG-PET/ BT ile saptanan spinal sinir invazyonu.
- Authors
Kandemir, Zuhal; Özdemir, Elif; Yildirim Poyraz, Nilüfer; Keskin, Mutlay; Türkölmez, Şeyda; Erdil, Hatice Filiz
- Abstract
Penile cancers compose less than 1% of all urogenital cancers. Spinal nerve invasion was not reported in the literature before.In this paper,our aim was to present the 18 F FDG PET/CT images of a patient who had surgery due to penile cancer.Spinal nerve invasion was detected in the PET/CT images and this is correlated with MRI.Case report: In the PET/CT images of a 58-years-old patient who had radical penectomy surgery, in the right obturator region, high pathologic F-18 FDG uptake was observed in a soft tissue lesion which was considered as metastasis. In addition, at the right S-2 foramen level, a gradually increased FDG uptake was observed. In the MRI scan which was performed for correlation, in the right S2 nerve root, asymmetric contrast uptake was seen. Discussion: Spinal nerve invasion is difficult to detect .As PET/CT has the advantage to scan whole body, perform anatomical and functional imaging at the same time, it detected the spinal nerve invasion.This finding was also verified with MRI.
- Subjects
PENILE cancer; MEDICAL imaging systems; GENITOURINARY organ cancer; ANATOMICAL organ diseases; DIAGNOSTIC imaging
- Publication
Gulhane Medical Journal, 2014, Vol 56, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1302-0471
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5455/gulhane.39164