Open AccessQuintessential role of 18fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in differentiation of viable tumor tissue and nondisease desmoplastic residue
Author(s) -
Vatturi Venkata Satya Prabhakar Rao,
Vijaya Aditya Yadaraju,
Aditya Narayan,
Muralidhar Bora,
Praveen Adusumalli,
Susmita Sinha
Publication year - 2019
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/ijnm.ijnm_10_19
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , tomography , radiology , fluorodeoxyglucose , nuclear medicine
The authors report a series of cases of treated nodal, solid malignancies showing persisting physical residue after completion of treatment with 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computerized tomography showing non-avid status conjuring a nondisease desmoplastic residue over morphological disease.