18F-FDG PET and PET/CT for detection of pulmonary metastases from musculoskeletal sarcomas

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Authors

Lawrence R. Menendez · Keck Hospital of USC

Abstract

Chest CT is more sensitive than PET in detecting pulmonary metastases from OSTS. A significant portion of known pulmonary metastases greater than 1.0 cm on CT, are PET negative. Sub-centimetre CT lesions should not be considered false positive if inactive on PET. A negative PET scan in the presence of suspicious CT findings in the chest cannot reliably exclude pulmonary metastases from OSTS.

Topics & Keywords

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Cardiac tumors and thrombi

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volume 27, Issue 10, pp. 795-802

DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000237986.31597.86

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