Open AccessRenal Cell Carcinoma with Paraneoplastic Manifestations: Imaging with CT and F-18 FDG PET/CT
Author(s) -
Ba D. Nguyen,
Michael C. Roarke
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
radiology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 1930-0433
DOI - 10.2484/rcr.v2i3.72
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , thrombocytosis , occult , malignancy , radiology , metastasis , anemia , pathology , cancer , platelet , alternative medicine
We present a case of renal cell carcinoma with prominent inflammatory and paraneoplastic manifestations. The initial CT detection of renal malignancy and subsequent post-therapeutic F-18 FDG PET/CT diagnosis of occult osseous metastasis were based on the patient's anemia, thrombocytosis and abnormally increased levels of serum C-reactive protein
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