Clinical nuclear medicine
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Jan 2012
Relationship among glycolytic phenotype, grade, and histological subtype in ovarian carcinoma.
Knowing the glycolytic phenotype of cancers is important for the appropriate use of F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging. This study was performed to determine the influence of tumor grade and histology on the glycolytic phenotype of epithelial ovarian cancer patients. ⋯ The glycolytic phenotype in epithelial ovarian cancer, expressed as SUVmax, is strong. However, tumor FDG uptake is unrelated to tumor grade and histologic subtype implying that F-18 FDG PET/CT cannot be used to predict tumor aggressiveness or histology.
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Jan 2012
Lymphatic dysfunction in the apparently clinically normal contralateral limbs of patients with unilateral lower limb swelling.
To determine how often lymphatic dysfunction is bilateral when, clinically, lymphedema appears unilateral. ⋯ In the presence of unilateral lymphedema, the contralateral limb is often also abnormal. On lymphoscintigraphy, therefore, care should be taken before diagnosing unilateral lymphatic dysfunction. Quantification should be included in routine lymphoscintigraphy, as reduced ilioinguinal nodal accumulation may be the only apparent abnormality.