Open AccessEvaluation of positron emission tomography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan in nodal staging of early operable uterine cancers
Author(s) -
Anand Zade,
Venkatesh Rangarajan,
Nilendu Purandare,
Sneha Shah,
Archi Agrawal
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_45_19
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , lymph node , positron emission tomography , hilum (anatomy) , carcinoma , nuclear medicine , pathology , paleontology , biology
In early operable stages of cervical an endometrial malignancies, surgical staging of lymph nodes is advocated as contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) has limited sensitivity and accuracy. Although fluorine-18 (F-18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)/positron emission tomography (PET)-CT has potential to identify subcentimeter-sized nodal metastases, higher prevalence of pelvic inflammatory disease in developing countries could result in lower accuracy. The present study was undertaken to assess the incremental value of PET scan over CECT for nodal staging before radical surgery.