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Usefulness of positron emission tomography for diagnosis of malignancy in a calcified lesion: A case report

  • N. Umesaki1,*,
  • T. Tanaka1
  • M. Miyama2
  • S. Ogita2,3
  • H. Ochi3,4

1Departmem of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan

3Nuclear Medicine, Japan

4Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200104263 Vol.22,Issue 4,July 2001 pp.263-265

Published: 10 July 2001

*Corresponding Author(s): N. Umesaki E-mail:

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Abstract

When calcified lesions in the liver or spleen are found during follow-up of patients who have undergone debulking surgery and chemotherapy for advanced ovarian carcinoma, it is very difficult to differentiate recurrent cancer from secondary change after chemotherapy. We present here a patient in whom calcified lesions in the liver and spleen were diagnosed as malignancy on the basis of a preoperative PET study. Malignancy was confirmed by histologic examination after surgery.

Keywords

PET; Calcified lesion; Ovarian carcinoma; Serous cystadenocarcinoma; Psammoma body

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N. Umesaki,T. Tanaka,M. Miyama,S. Ogita,H. Ochi. Usefulness of positron emission tomography for diagnosis of malignancy in a calcified lesion: A case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2001. 22(4);263-265.

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