Open AccessA rare case of mature teratoma. Has FDG PET/CT a role to play?
Author(s) -
Tushar Mohapatra,
Abhishek Arora,
K Srikant,
Snehalata,
Nandish Kumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.90265
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , nuclear medicine , computed tomography
Authors describe a very rare case of mature teratoma with malignant transformation, preoperatively suggested by FDG PET/CT study. So the role of CT component in elucidating three embryonal components and hypermetabolism evident on PET part suggesting possible malignant transformation makes PET/CT a valuable modality in evaluation of these rare tumors.