Open AccessPrimary retroperitoneal transitional cell carcinoma identified on 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: An exceedingly rare radio-pathological entity
Author(s) -
Piyush Chandra,
Satish Nath,
Dharmendra Jain
Publication year - 2020
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_129_19
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , retroperitoneal space , computed tomography , tomography , pathological , positron emission tomography computed tomography , carcinoma , nuclear medicine , pathology
We report here initial staging and follow-up imaging findings of a case of primary retroperitoneal transitional cell carcinoma, one of the rarest nonurological tumors of the retroperitoneal space, to highlight the importance of 18 F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in this infrequently encountered pathology.