18F-FDG in the Imaging of Brain Tumors

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Fig. 20.1 A 16-year-old girl with a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) and partial seizures. Sagittal (a) and axial (b) 18F-DOPA–PET/MRI fusion images show no significant radiotracer accumulation by the right…

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Neuroblastoma

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Fig. 12.1 (a, b) Whole-body123I-MIBG scan of a patient with stage IV neuroblastoma. The scan was performed before treatment was started Fig. 12.2 The same patient as in Fig. 12.1….

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Primary Bone Tumors

Aug 11, 2016 by in PEDIATRIC IMAGING Comments Off on Primary Bone Tumors

Fig. 8.1 A 17-year-old boy with Ewing’s sarcoma of the left pelvis, with extension into the iliac bone, acetabulum, gluteus, and piriformis muscles. As the patient suffered intense pain in…

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Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome

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Fig. 32.1 Sagittal T2 STIR MRI shows significant signal alteration involving the first lumbar vertebral body, with epidural pathologic tissue and slight dural sac compression Fig. 32.2 Axial T1 MRI…

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Utility of 18F-FDG–PET/CT in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Aug 11, 2016 by in PEDIATRIC IMAGING Comments Off on Utility of 18F-FDG–PET/CT in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Adipocytic tumors Dedifferentiated liposarcoma Myxoid/round cell liposarcoma Pleomorphic liposarcoma Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors Fibrosarcoma Low-grade myxofibrosarcoma Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma So-called fibrohistiocytic tumors Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma/malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) Smooth…

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Sarcoidosis

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Fig. 30.1 Maximum intensity projection 18F-FDG–PET image (a) shows multiple areas of increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the thoracic region (arrows). Axial CT (b), PET (c), and PET/CT (d) images show…

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Primary Hepatic Tumors

Aug 11, 2016 by in PEDIATRIC IMAGING Comments Off on Primary Hepatic Tumors

Fig. 10.1 A 3-year-old girl who underwent liver transplantation for mixed hepatoblastoma. PET evaluation following increased serum alpha-fetoprotein. Maximal intensity projection (a), axial CT (b, d), and PET/CT (c, e)…

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